Cockroach in the Bath-Tub: Globalisation and the Trope of the Absurd

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dc.contributor.authorAdeoti, Gbemisola Aderemi
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-25T13:59:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T14:59:38Z
dc.date.available2014-08-25T13:59:20Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T14:59:38Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractUsing insights from dramatic literature, the paper seeks to enhance our perception of the ideals of globalisation vis-a-vis postcolonial African States. This is done through a fresh reading of Al hakim's Fate of a Cockroach, a play written from the perspective of the theatre of the absurd. Indeed from the suggestive nature of this theatrical approach, we can realise its relevance to our reflections on globalisation. What kind of philosophical and artistic temper does the theatre of the absurd articulate? What are the links between the dominant thought that inspired this theatrical approach in the 20th century and the current phenomenon of globalisation? What critical insights can we draw from the absurdist aesthetics toward the illumination of the new global order? What are the concrete lessons derivable from the textual exposition of the chosen play for contemporary Africa? What is Africa's contribution to and benefit from the "villagisation" of the globe? These are some of the pertinent questions that the paper addresses.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationAdeoti, Gbemisola Aderemi (2004). Cockroach in the Bath-Tub: Globalisation and the Trope of the Absurd. In Akinriade, Sola [et a.] (eds.) Locating the local in the global: voices on a globalised Nigeria. Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2677
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages12en_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo Universityen_US
dc.subjectAbsurd dramaen_US
dc.subjectGlobal ennuien_US
dc.subjectGlobalisationen_US
dc.subjectAbsurdistsen_US
dc.subjectAbsurdisten_US
dc.titleCockroach in the Bath-Tub: Globalisation and the Trope of the Absurden_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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