Awogu-Maduagwu, Edith Abisola (2017) TROPES OF TRANSITION IN WOLE SOYINKA'S DEATH AND THE KING'S HORSEMAN. A Journal of the National Institute for Nigeria Languages, Aba, 3 (3). pp. 250-264. ISSN 1117 - 1812
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Abstract
This paper examines the role of non-verbal COI/1111Uilication as an index of the pace and progression of plot in African ritual drama, using Wale Soyinka 's Death and the King's Horseman as a representative model. The purpose is to attempt an analysis of the resource of traditional dramatic 11/otifs, especially dance, as tropes of movement and meaning in African ritual drama. The play has received distinguished critical attention is Soyinka 's major, and perhaps, unique contribution to 111odern ritual drama; this paper examines tropes of transition in Death and the King's Horseman, e::,pecially in the context of the Yoruba social semiotic of dance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2018 17:57 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2018 17:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/11695 |
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