Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 60
... Osofisan and Bode Sowande are the most prominent leftist creative writers in Nigeria but the degree of radical commitment in their works varies considerably . Of these five writers , Fatunde , Sowande and Osofisan are essentially ...
... Osofisan and Bode Sowande are the most prominent leftist creative writers in Nigeria but the degree of radical commitment in their works varies considerably . Of these five writers , Fatunde , Sowande and Osofisan are essentially ...
Page 61
... Osofisan's The Chattering and the Song , 10 though equally a radical play which explores the theme of revolutionary changes , is a far more complex dramatic piece than Farewell to Babylon . Stylistically , it adopts the form of a play ...
... Osofisan's The Chattering and the Song , 10 though equally a radical play which explores the theme of revolutionary changes , is a far more complex dramatic piece than Farewell to Babylon . Stylistically , it adopts the form of a play ...
Page 64
... Osofisan's play which appears to possess some measure of these qualities ends ambigu- ously without giving a clear direction or orientation to development . Both Sowande's and Fatunde's plays end in apparent leftist triumph but the ...
... Osofisan's play which appears to possess some measure of these qualities ends ambigu- ously without giving a clear direction or orientation to development . Both Sowande's and Fatunde's plays end in apparent leftist triumph but the ...
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