Influences and Traditions: Wole Soyinka and the Nigerian Theatre

Soyinka Nijeryalı oyun yazarlarını etkilemiş olan en önemli yazarlardan biridir. Yazarın oyunlarına bir göz atıldığında oyunlarının Nijerya tiyatrosunu değiştirmiş olan etkilerini görebiliriz. Bu makalede Soyinka'nın iki oyunu aracılığyla Nijerya tiyatrosuna nüfuz etmiş bulunan yabancı etkileri incelenmiştir. Çalışma konusunun ve oyunların incelenmesinde çeşitli edebi ve eleştirel yöntemlerden yararlanılmıştır. Çalışma, Soyinka'nın Nijerya tiyatrosunu değiştirmiş olan yabancı etkileri oyunları aracılığıyla getirmiş olduğunu iddia etmektedir.

Etkiler ve Gelenekler: Wole Soyinka ve Nijerya Tiyatrosu

Soyinka is a major dramatist whose work welds a lot of influence on generations of dramatists in Nigerian. A careful study of his work reveals a level of steady flow of influences that has shaped and continues to shape the literary theatre tradition in Nigeria. This paper focuses on two select works of Soyinka as a dramatist in order to highlight foreign influences that have seeped into the Nigerian theatre through his works. The paper adopts literary and critical methodologies in discussing the subject matter and in exploring the selected texts. The paper concludes that Soyinka is a major factor in bringing the foreign influences that have shaped Nigeria's theatre.

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