Wole Soyinka_ Politics, Poetics, and Postcolonialism

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankWOLESOYINKAPolitics,PoeticsandPostcolonialismBiodunJeyifoexaminestheconnectionsbetweentheinnovativeandinfluentialwritingsofWoleSoyinkaandhisradicalpoliti-calactivism.JeyifocarriesoutdetailedanalysesofSoyinka’smostambitiousworks,re

2、latingthemtothecontroversiesgeneratedbySoyinka’suseofliteratureandtheatreforradicalpoliticalpurposes.HegivesafascinatingaccountoftheprofoundbutparadoxicalaffinitiesandmisgivingsSoyinkahasfeltaboutthesignificanceoftheavant-gardemovementsofthetwentiethcentury.Jey

3、ifoalsoexploresSoyinka’sworkswithregardtotheimpactonhisartisticsensibilitiesofthepervasivenessofrepresentationalambiguityandlinguisticexuberanceinYorubaculture.Theanalysesandevalu-ationsofthisstudyarepresentedinthecontextofSoyinka’ssus-tainedengagementwiththe

4、violenceofcollectiveexperienceinpost-independence,postcolonialAfricaandthedevelopingworld.NoexistingstudyofSoyinka’sworksandcareerhasattemptedsuchasystematicinvestigationoftheircomplexrelationshiptopolitics.isProfessorofEnglishatCornellUniversity.

5、HeistheauthorofThePopularTravellingTheatreofNigeria()andTheTruthfulLie:EssaysinaRadicalSociologyofAfricanDrama().HehaswrittenessaysandmonographsonAnglophoneAfricanandCaribbeanliteratures,Marxistculturaltheoryandcolonialandpostcolonialstudiesandhasalso

6、editedseveralvolumesonAfricandramaandcriticaldiscourse.Serieseditor:ProfessorAbiolaIrele,OhioStateUniversityEachvolumeinthisuniqueseriesofcriticalstudieswillofferacomprehensiveandin-depthaccountofthewholeœuvreofo

7、neindividualwriterfromAfricaortheCaribbean,insuchawaythatthebookmaybeconsideredacompletecoverageofthewriter’sexpressionuptothetimethestudyisundertaken.Atten-tionwillbedevotedprimarilytotheworksthemselves–theirsignificantthemes,governingideasandformalprocedures

8、,biographicalandotherbackgroundin-formationwillthusbeemployedsecondarily,toilluminatetheseaspectsofthewriter’sworkwherenecessary.TheemergenceinthetwentiethcenturyofblackliteratureintheUni