The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives
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Data de Publicação: | 2014 |
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Título da fonte: | Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) |
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Resumo: | Nigerian narratives always reveal corruption, disillusionment, mythological entities, political instability, cultural backgrounds and traditions of the tribes and nations used as context. Textual resources advertise literary works as realistic. In general, the recurring presence of the characters in these narratives is almost ignored. Unlike earlier interpretations of the Nigerian narratives, this essay is based on the theory of Frye’s five mimetic modes or categories. Based on the analysis of The Interpreters (SOYINKA, 1972) and The Famished Road (OKRI, 1992), this article examines the defiant hero as a recurring presence in Nigerian narratives. In fact, the hero is a character of resistance, which, in many ways, is in conflict with the laws made unbearable for others. The article also shows how the character, revealed by the constant manifestations of the structure of the primary activities of the hero of narratives such as myths, gradually and systematically hides in later narratives of mimetic modes through the emergence and influence of realist art. Similar processes in which the hero is involved are abundant in many Nigerian narratives. The insights revealed by these discussions serve to rethink previous critical views on these texts. |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives Chukwumah, Ignatius Frye’s mimetic modes the defiant hero Nigerian narratives The Interpreters The Famished Road |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives |
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The figure with recurrent presence: the defiant hero in Nigerian narratives |
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Chukwumah, Ignatius |
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Chukwumah, Ignatius |
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Chukwumah, Ignatius |
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Frye’s mimetic modes the defiant hero Nigerian narratives The Interpreters The Famished Road |
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Frye’s mimetic modes the defiant hero Nigerian narratives The Interpreters The Famished Road |
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Nigerian narratives always reveal corruption, disillusionment, mythological entities, political instability, cultural backgrounds and traditions of the tribes and nations used as context. Textual resources advertise literary works as realistic. In general, the recurring presence of the characters in these narratives is almost ignored. Unlike earlier interpretations of the Nigerian narratives, this essay is based on the theory of Frye’s five mimetic modes or categories. Based on the analysis of The Interpreters (SOYINKA, 1972) and The Famished Road (OKRI, 1992), this article examines the defiant hero as a recurring presence in Nigerian narratives. In fact, the hero is a character of resistance, which, in many ways, is in conflict with the laws made unbearable for others. The article also shows how the character, revealed by the constant manifestations of the structure of the primary activities of the hero of narratives such as myths, gradually and systematically hides in later narratives of mimetic modes through the emergence and influence of realist art. Similar processes in which the hero is involved are abundant in many Nigerian narratives. The insights revealed by these discussions serve to rethink previous critical views on these texts. |
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2014 |
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http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/18180 |
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