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Orature in Modern African Literature A Study of Soyinkas the Beatification of Area Boy

Orature in Modern African Literature (A Study of Soyinka’s the Beatification of Area Boy)

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Reference ID: PS-16495-TM

DEDICATION

This research material titled “Orature in Modern African Literature” is dedicated to God for his enabling grace, and to all computer enthusiasts who contributed to make life a pleasant experience during my research documentation.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I extend my sincere gratitude to all those who contributed to the completion of this project. Special thanks to my Supervisor (Name of your Supervisor), the Head of Department (Name of your HOD), the Lecturers in the department of Literature in English, Book Authors and Profound Scholars of existing or related project material on “Orature in Modern African Literature” for their invaluable guidance, support, and expertise throughout the journey.

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ABSTRACT

The contemporary African Literature is believed to be a revolutionary literature that looks critical into contemporary social situations with a view of amending the wrongs therein. However, no writer writes in a vacuum but within the scope of human experiences, happening around him, and particularly the experiences he met on ground in his society. This is the Orature of his society. The tool adopted for this research was the sociological theory, this is because it encompasses the way of life and experiences of people in a given society. The research made use of the stratified sampling method, where relevant texts were applied to theory for analysis. A number of discoveries were made in this research first, there would be no written literature without orature. It was also discovered that there are no people, society or race without their inherent Oral traditions that distinguishes them. Consequently, agreeable conclusions were drawn on the relationship between Orature and the Modern African Literature. We were able to view Orature as the founder of Modern African Literature. In conclusion, the undeniable link between Orature and the Written Literature.


Orature in Modern African Literature (A Study of Soyinka’s the Beatification of Area Boy)

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 Introduction

Modern African Literature is believed by some critics to be a transition form spoken words to the written form of it, especially in relation to the expression of African beliefs and world view. Thus, except for the language issue which alienates Modern African Literature from its root, the experiences expressed therein remain essentially African. To ensure the maintenance of African identity However, deliberate efforts are made by writers to reach the grassroots by switching over to vernacular as a more towards revolutionizing the contemporary African Literature, while some only limit their zeal to a full exploration of African values.

Furthermore, no definition of written literature can be said to be complete without a prior reference to its origin in whatever setting, be it, African or European. The literature of a set of people does not emerge from a vacuum. It is the fundamentals of a set of people that make up their written literature, whether these fundamentals are written or unwritten. Therefore, it is erroneous to stress the written aspect of literature alone and ignore the oral aspect. Whatever becomes written has been in existence in the unwritten form. The general consensus is that, written literature borrows some features form unwritten literature in terms of content and even style.

It is this situation that is the deployment of oral forms in the writing of Modern African writers that have become of interest to this writer. hence, in this project, we intend to study the features of oral literature that may be present in Wole Soyinka’s “The Beatification of Area Boy”.

As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.


1.2 Purpose of the Study

The purpose of the study is to x-ray the Orature in Modern African Literature using Soyinka's the Beatification of Area Boy as a case study. Many works have been done on Soyinka’s plays and the other genres of literature. More particularly, this Beatification of Area Boy but we are not aware of a particular one on Orature in Modern African Literature therefore, an in depth analysis of Modern African Literature which in fact forms the main principles of the entire play will be made so that readers can appreciate the beauty of the work and understand it better.


1.3 Justification / Significance of Study

The basis of this research work is to make clear the relevance of Oral literature in Modern African Literature, using: Wole Soyinka’s “The Beatification of Area Boy” which seems to have a number of oratory features embedded in it. This research work, is a worthwhile exercise because, oral literature has its origin in the African literature which some critics regard has been non scholastic. Hence, this research work is going to make known its importance to the writing of the play, “The Beatification of Area Boy” and then to the Modern African Literature at large.


1.4 Scope of Study

This research work shall be restricted to examining oral literature in “The Beatification of Area Boy” relating it to the Modern African Literature. as many as possible elements of Orature found in “The Beatification of Area Boy” that can be related to the Modern African Literature shall be pointed out. As the research topic is Orature in Modern African Literature using Wole Soyinka’s the beatification of Area Boy as a case study. Some dramatic element in the Beatification of Area Boy shall also be considered.


1.5 Limitations of the Study

During the course of this study, many things militated against its completion, some of which are:

  1. Time Constraint: The time frame given to accomplish this project was very short due to school academic calendar and it was carried out under pressure which made the researcher not to implement some necessary features.
  2. Research material: availability of research material is a major setback to the scope of the study.
  3. Frequent power failure: This made the researcher append more money on fuel to ensure sustainable power.

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 Literature Review

2.1 Introduction

This chapter focuses on the review of related literature. A literature review includes the current knowledge as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. It documents the state of the art with respect to the topic you are writing. It surveys the literature in the topic selected. In this research work the literature review includes the …

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