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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Form & technique in Femi Osofisan's plays |
Author: | Awodiya, Muyiwa P. |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | African Literature Today |
Issue: | 20 |
Pages: | 102-119 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | literature drama |
About person: | Femi Osofisan (1946-) |
Abstract: | Femi Osofisan occupies an eminent position among contemporary Nigerian playwrights because his plays are the most frequently performed within the country. Up till now, he has written over thirty plays, sixteen of which have been published. Like other contemporary dramatists, Osofisan is engaged in the quest for suitable forms with which the African experience can be transmuted into drama. His works to date represent extraordinary diversities in style, technique and form. But whatever the divergencies in approach, the thematic preoccupation of his works remains the same: a vision of a better society that is free from the shackles of oppression, injustice and corruption. Distinguishing three broad categories of plays in Osofisan's repertory - realistic, experimental, and African total theatre - this article examines the distinctive forms and techniques employed by Osofisan in his published plays, as well as the purpose which the structure of the plays is designed to serve. Notes, ref. |