The Authentication of Nigerian Cultural Identity Through the Works of Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka

Download or read book The Authentication of Nigerian Cultural Identity Through the Works of Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka written by Ganiyat A. Adeniji and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research investigates Postcolonial Nigerian Literature through both founding fathers of postcolonial literature. This thesis discusses Nigerian precolonial cultural practices in Achebe’s Arrow of God (1958) and Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman (1975), while analyzing the colonial influence in Things Fall Apart (1958) and Lion and the Jewel. Also, using Gérard Gennette’s transtextuality theory, this research lays an intertextual analysis of Achebe and Soyinka’s writing style in the four texts of this thesis case study. The last section analyzes the influence of Achebe and Soyinka in the works of the new generation of Nigerian postcolonial writers. This thesis argues that though dated, the works of Achebe and Soyinka still offer a part in transforming Nigerian literature and cultural identity, through their original works, and through the literature of the new generation they continue to inspire.