The writer as mythmaker
Subtitle: South Asian perspectives on Wole Soyinka
By: edited by Bernth Lindfors and Bala Kothandaraman.
Contributors: Lindfors, Bernth.; Kothandaraman, Bala.
Publisher: Africa World
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Soyinka, Wole -- Criticism and interpretation.; Soyinka, Wole -- Appreciation -- South Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Yoruba heritage and a Christian home / Mary T. David; title: Faction : the autobiographical writings / Frank Birbalsingh; title: Yoruba tragedy : individual will and tragic destiny in The strong breed / Ketu H. Katrak; title: Structure within structure : an analysis of The lion and the jewel / C.N. Ramachandran; title: The cauldron of transition : The trials of Brother Jero and Jero's metamorphosis / M. Pushpa; title: The road / K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar; title: The road in Kannada : a theatrical review / H.H. Anniah Gowda; title: The unfolding of a text : Death and the king's horseman / Jasbir Jain; title: The Christ figure in Soyinka's plays / Radhamani Gopalakrishnan; title: The nation and its discontents : Soyinka's dramatization of 'post'-colonial realities / Ipshita Chanda; title: Modern rituals and African dictators / Mahadeva Kunderi; title: The role of women in Soyinka's plays / R. Sethuraman; title: 'Form'ing metaphor : The interpreters / T. Vijay Kumar; title: Never too late to regain paradise : Season of anomy / M. Rajeshwar; title: Men as archetypes : characterization in Soyinka's novels / Anjali Roy and Viney Kirpal; title: Discourse styles and forms in "Idanre" / Pushpinder Syal; title: Criticism in Africa : the hostility and contradictions continue / S.W. Perera; title: Where angels fear to tread : Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka as critics of the African scene / C.D. Narasimhaiah; title: Healing and the poetics of mothering : the spirit of "Gelede" in Madmen and specialists and "Ajee culture" in Jan Shinebourne's The last English plantation / Brinda Mehta; title: A round table discussion in Bangladesh / Kajal Bandyopadhyay; title: Last words / Bala Kothandaraman; title: A checklist of South Asian scholarship on Wole Soyinka, 1970-2001 / Bernth Lindfors.