This paper will focus on femi osofisans reworking of antigone, entitled tegonni. This paper examines the functional and the significant role of metaphors in literary works. An african antigone, in barbara goff and michael simpson, crossroads in the black aegean. Antigone in yoruba land some remarks on the conception of. Then, it will discuss antigones representative value within her new surroundings, the metatheatrical aesthetics that characterise her cultural. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Osofisan, long considered one of the best living african writers, lives up to his reputation. The choice of the order of the analyses of the three plays in the third, fourth.
Sophocles tragedy antigone, written in the fifth century bc, keeps attracting audiences, directors, and performers. An african antigone in the light of its classical antecedent and critically examines the playwrights deconstruction of sophocless antigone as. Clark, the gods are not to blame by ola rotimi, guy butlers demea, efua sutherlands edufa, orestes by athol fugard, the song of jacob zulu by tug yourgrau, femi osofisans tegonni, edward kamau brathwaites odales choice, the island by fugard, john kani, and. This study, therefore, considers the way these cultural elements are used to express the feminist beliefs of. The context of performancewhich i always allow to play a decisive role in the shaping of my dramaturgyprovided a number of interesting challenges. Femi osofisan has 54 books on goodreads with 2406 ratings. Adesola adeyemi ma candidate, drama and speech department. The play was first performed in lagos in 2003 under the distinguished director chuck mike, and subsequently toured the uk. The african ejournals project has digitized full text of. Playing romanticism and patriotism through history and myth in femi osofisans tegonni. In an interview with the guardian gardner, 2012, findlay notes that her interest in staging antigone stems from the plays concern with fundamental. Commissioned by the guthrie theatre, minneapolis, mn, usa to write two plays. There is a parallel between greek theater and the so called sacred spaces of performance.
The plays are the bacchae of euripides by wole soyinka, song of a goat by j. Pan africanism, myth and history in african and caribbean drama by omotayo oloruntobaoju. An african antigone in the context of other african and european rewritings of sophocles antigone. Analysis of sophocles antigone and the level of its influence on. Still, whether or not african reworkings of antigone should be considered counternarratives to the western canon is a question in need of closer investigation, and one that will be discussed later.
Focusing on the politics of adaptation, van weyenberg considers osofisans decision to draw on sophocles within the context of nigeria, and analyses antigones representative value within her new surroundings. Brathwaite, athol fugard, femi osofisan and sylvain bemba have given. Ebook edufa as pdf download portable document format. Antigone as revolutionary muse femi osofisans tegonni. West african versions of a greek original 54 james gibbs 4. In nigeria, femi osofisan is a leading voice among the.
It is advisable to refer to the publishers version if you intend to cite from this work. May 02, 2010 each chapter focuses on a particular play. A situational analysis of the conditions of street children in tamale metropolis in northern region of ghana. Babafemi adeyemi osofisan born june 1946, known as femi osofisan or f. Theatre emory was situated in the suburbs of a town which had been central to the resolution of the american civil war. Why didnt you just stay where you were, a relic in the. Pdf on jan 1, 20, sola adeyemi and others published colonial alienation and the ideology of resistance. Isbn 9783927510951 full text not archived in this repository. Playing romanticism and patriotism through history and. African dramatists, and in this case femi osofisans tegonni.
The paper examines the reception of plautine metatheatrical techniques and its attendant sociocultural interpretations in miles gloriosus, and in postcolonial nigerian drama through a reading of femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone. Femi osofisan is a prolific nigerian critic, poet, novelist, and playwright whose work attacks political corruption and injustice, was born in erunwon village in the old western region of nigeria and educated at the universities of ibadan, dakar, and paris. It is not possible to talk of much african theatre as if it fell into discrete historical or national patterns. Femi osofisans tegonni an african antigone researchgate. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the muse of anomy. Essays on literature and the humanities in nigeria african world. Journal of african literature and culture jalc 4 2007 a widening frontier. Oedipus, antigone and dramas of the african diaspora week 3 aime cesaire, a tempest. Pdf classical temper and creative ingenuity in osofisans. Instead, the play deconstructs colonial and other types of authority, including paternal power and the domination of the male, in the service of resistance to neocolonialism. Osofisans african antigone michigan state university. A top notch adaptation of antigone, osofisans tegonni reenvisions the play in a colonial nigerian context but for a modern african audience particularly. Women of owu is highly recommended and should become part of any serious library of african literature. Osofisans african antigone akin taiwo emory an african antigone ch.
Creating the conscious nigerian via an interrogation of. Three of osofisans drama texts, which mostly express his feminist tendencies. Within the cultural context of the nigerian worldview human life used to be greatly valued above all else. Literature abounds on the way gender issues are foregrounded in both literary and nonliterary texts. A work on the interface between antigone and tegonni abstract. Analysis of sophocles antigone and the level of its influence on femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone tegonni, femi osofisans adaptation of sophocles antigone. Femi osofisans tegonni an african antigone find, read and cite all the research.
In place of traditional authorities it foregrounds relationships of spontaneous affection. This essay represents essentially a comparative investigation of athol fugards the island and femi osofisan s tegonni, an african antigone, two african adaptations of sophocless antigone. Sociopolitical satire in femi osofisans many colours make the thunderking olushola ayodeji akanmode university wide courses unit, landmark university, omu aran, kwara state, nigeria. It will first examine osofisans decision to draw on antigone within the context of nigeria. Kinship between life and death week 2 femi osofisan, tegonni.
Pan africanism, myth and history in african and caribbean. Clark, the gods are not to blame by ola rotimi, guy butlers demea, efua sutherlands edufa, orestes by athol fugard, the song of jacob zulu by tug yourgrau, femi osofisan s tegonni, edward kamau brathwaites odales choice, the island by fugard, john kani, and. Sola adeyemi the publication of edward saids orientalism. Femi osofisans recasting of euripidess the trojan women is a masterpiece of contemporary theatre. Femi osofisan, professor of theatre arts at the university of ibadan, nigerias poet of the votile verse now in residence at emory university, a. In the course of exploring the two texts however, i have found myself delving into some salient debates in postcolonial theory. Analysis of sophocles antigone and the level of its influence on femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone. Femi osofisan s tegonni an african antigone find, read and cite all the research. Critical opinions on femi osofisans women of owu are largely stereotypical. In the fall of 1994, i was invited to present an adaptation of antigone at the theatre emory of emory university, atlanta. A frequent theme that his novels explore is the conflict between good and evil. Femi osofisan, postnegritude tradition and 50 years of nigerian literary drama conference centre, university of ibadan, ibadan, nigeria dates. Femi osofisan, professor of theatre arts at the university of ibadan, nigerias poet of the votile verse now in residence at emory university, a centre of professional theatre activities in atlanta, georgia. The island and femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone adaptations of sophocless antigone.
Against this bleak global reality, this essay attempts to examine femi osofisans portraiture of tegoni and the humanist ideals that he endows her with. Babafemi adeyemi osofisan, known as femi osofisan or f. Accepted 25 april 2016 oral literature is a vital tool that is sometimes deployed by african writers for criticizing the social and. Osofisans metatheatrical translocation of antigone to nigeria allows him to effectively demand shared ownership. Femi osofisans tegonni an african antigone academia. Yungba yungba and the dance contest 1993 represents the world in african metaphysics where everybody comes to struggle, tra vail and trade. Creating the conscious nigerian via an interrogation of sophocles antigone in osofisans tegonni. A top notch adaptation of antigone, osofisan s tegonni reenvisions the play in a colonial nigerian context but for a modern african audience particularly nigerian, given that countrys postcolonial history of violence and oppressive military regimes. Femi osofisan, postnegritude tradition and 50 years of.
In contemporary times, human life is fast becoming worthless and cultural values meaningless. The incessant violence, terror, horror, disease and deprivation that have enveloped most societies in the world bear testimony to that. Isbn 9780199296101 full text not archived in this repository. Writes and workshops tegonni, an african antigone, an adaptation of sophocles antigone at emory university, atlanta, ga, usa and publishes the album of the midnight blackout. In viewing osofisans adaptation as a work of canonical counter. It discusses the centrality of metaphors as a dominant literary device consciously deployed by femi osofisan to project the theme of oppression, dehumanization, social injustice and poverty in his plays. Essays on literature and the humanities in nigeria african world kindle edition by osofisan, femi. Many of these studies, especially from the linguistic perspective, fail to pay attention to how proverbs and figurative expressions are used to expose feminist ideology in discourse. Ola rotimis the gods are not to blame, rita doves the darker face of the earth, lee breuers the gospel at colonus, kamau brathwaites odales choice, athol fugard, john kani, and winston ntshonas the island, and femi osofisans tegonni. This chapter examines another important play by femi osofisan, tegonni. Tegonni, femi osofisan s adaptation of sophocles antigone. Sophocles antigone in osofisans tegonni 121 an interface of the old and the new.
Sociopolitical satire in femi osofisans many colours make. Beyound fiction nkemdirim olubunmi adedina department of theatre arts, adeniran ogunsanya college of education, otoijanikin. An african antigone 1999, which is up the hill side gives one the image of toughness, tyranny and oppression. An african antigone are purposively sampled to explain the expressive capabilities of women. Sociopolitical satire in femi osofisans many colours. Proverbs and figurative expressions as markers of feminist. Morountodun, yungbayungba and the dance contest and tegonni. In the course of exploring however, i have found myself. The paper focuses on the use of animal and predatory metaphors in osofisans plays to launch an.
Femi osofisans tegonni an african antigone sola adeyemi, apr vol. A work on the interface between antigone and tegonni abstract this paper examines sophocles antigone to determine the level of its influence on femi osofisan s tegonni, an african antigone. A top notch adaptation of antigone, osofisans tegonni reenvisions the play in a colonial nigerian context but for a modern african audience particularly nigerian, given that countrys postcolonial history of violence and oppressive military regimes. It is advisable to refer to the publishers version if you intend to cite from this. He is in fact a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society. Pdf colonial alienation and the ideology of resistance. This paper examines sophocles antigone to determine the level of its influence on femi osofisans. They lament the plunder of owu and compare it to that of troy, drawing some parallels between euripides the trojan women and osofisans adaptation of it. Department of theatre arts and music, lagos state university, ojo, lagos. This chapter discusses a reworking of antigone by nigerian playwright femi osofisan. The demonization of woman in femi osofisans women of owu. Pdf classical temper and creative ingenuity in osofisan.
Analysis of sophocles antigone and the level of its. Playing romanticism and patriotism through history and myth. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A top notch adaptation of antigone, osofisans tegonni reenvisions. Osofisan s african antigone akin taiwo emory an african antigone ch. This essay represents essentially a comparative investigation of athol fugards the island and femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone, two african adaptations of sophocless antigone. International journal of physical and human geography vol. An african antigone by femi osofisan 40 barbara goff 3.
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