The Tortoisean Archetype: A Theory of Satire in Nigerian Drama

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1998
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This paper attempt to stimulate literary discourse in the direction of a theoretical investigation of satiric drama by Nigerian playwrights and make certain suggestions, which will serve as starting step: towards a theory of satire in Nigerian drama. This will be done, taking due cognizance of the wide variety of Nigerians' indigenous cultural artistic experience.
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Satire, Nigeria drama, Archetypal construct, Anatomy of criticism, Achetypal patterns in poetry, Tortoisean archetype
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Adeoti, Gbemisola Remi (1998) The Tortoisean Archetype: A Theory of Satire in Nigerian Drama. The Literary Half-Yearly, 39(1)