THE SOCIOLOGICAL INDICES OF AFRICAN DRAMA: A STUDY OF WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY: A LAGOSIAN KALEIDOSCOPEAND OLU OBAFEMI’S SCAPEGOATS AND SACRED COWS

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ABSTRACT

A persisting tendency in African Drama has remained a careful evaluation and a critical analysis of the African society for the purpose of heralding the cultural virtues and attacking the vices prevalent in the African society for a general social transformation. Drama has been defined as the mimesis of life on stage before a given audience and a replication of the human society on stage. Therefore the purpose of this research is to highlight and discuss in details the sociological elements evident in African Drama. Having drawn analysis from Wole Soyinka’s

The Beatification of Area Boy: A Lagosian Kaleidoscope and Olu Obafemi’s

Scapegoats and Sacred Cows from the sociological theoretical framework, it is evident that the sensual entertainment evident in African Drama notwithstanding, its ultimate focus is to instruct the audience about the prevalent social realities in the society and inform a radical social transformation.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Table of Content

Chapter One
Introduction
Background to the Study
Purpose of Study
Justification
Scope of Study
Organization of Chapters
Methodology
Biography of Wole Soyinka
Biography of Olu Obafemi

Chapter Two
Drama and the African Experience
Sociology as a Theoretical Framework
Appraisal of The Beatification of Area Boy…
Scapegoats and Sacred Cows at a Glare

Chapter Three
Introduction
Synopsis of The Beatification of Area Boy…
Synopsis of Scapegoats and Sacred Cows
Sociological indices in the texts
Class Stratification
Oppression
Exploitation
Moral Decadence
 
Proletarian Revolution
Religious Allusions and Concerns
Economic Mortality
Dramatic Elements in the texts
Allusion
Humor
Characterization
Use of Songs

Chapter Four
Summary
Findings
Conclusion
Bibliography