Echoes of Yoruba Oral Traditions in Contemporary Nigerian Dramaturgy

.- Introduction.- Section I: Reconfiguration of Cultural Traditions & History.- 1. Onomastic Strategies: Names and Naming of Characters.- 2. Myth, Legend, and Poetics of Heroism in ?ba Koso and ?ango.- 3. History and the Dramatists: The Reenactment of the Nineteenth Century Yoruba Ijaye War in ?la Rotimi's Kurunmi and Wale Oguny?mi's Ijaye.- Section II: Echoes of Oral Poetic Genres.- 4. Old Wisdom, New Role: Proverbs in Akinwumi I??la's Madam Tinubu: Terror in Lagos.- 5. The Art of Praise Singing (Oriki) in Modern Drama.- 6. Reconfiguration of Folk songs in the Dramaturgy of Akinwumi I??la, W?le ?oyinka, and F?mi ???fisan.- Section III: Orality and Aesthetic Transfer in Video Films.- 7. Ifa Divination Motif in Yoruba Video Films.- 8. Orature, Aesthetic Transfer, and Social Vision in ?aworoid? and Agogo Eew??.

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• Estudos teatrais
• História africana
• História social e cultural
• Estudos cultirais

Yoruba;Oral Traditions;Contemporary Nigerian Dramaturgy;Orality;Contemporary Africa Theatre;Folklore;Aesthetic Matrix;Nigerian Playwrights;Preservation;Heritage