A Loud Dance of Silence: The Unsaid of Wole Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests

IF 0.3 3区 文学 0 LITERATURE, AFRICAN, AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN Research in African Literatures Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.2979/reseafrilite.52.4.08
Midia Mohammadi, Ali Salami
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ABSTRACT:After being a British protectorate for nearly sixty years, in 1960, Nigeria gained independence the same year A Dance of the Forests was published. The play, which expresses ambivalence toward radical changes with premonitions between its lines, has been regarded as one of the most challenging to understand. With an eye on the work's historical context, it is treated as a symptom of history that reveals its "political unconscious" based on Fredrick Jameson's ideas. Furthermore, Pierre Macherey's Theory of Gaps highlights "the ideological project" of the literary work by focusing on the "unsaid" in the text, which shapes its "speech." In conclusion, regarding the synthesis of Jameson and Macherey's ideas, which reveals and studies the correlation between ideology and narrative, the article sets out to find the central topic of the work and describe the imaginary/symbolic system put into the service of the ideological project concerning its context.
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无声的大舞:沃勒·索因卡的《森林之舞》
摘要:尼日利亚在成为英国保护国近60年后,于1960年获得独立,同年出版了《森林之舞》。该剧表达了对激进变革的矛盾心理,字里行间都有预兆,被认为是最难理解的戏剧之一。着眼于作品的历史语境,它被视为历史的症状,揭示了基于弗雷德里克·詹姆森思想的“政治无意识”。此外,Pierre Macherey的《间隙理论》通过关注文本中的“未言说”来突出文学作品的“意识形态工程”,从而塑造其“话语”,本文试图找到这部作品的中心主题,并结合其语境描述为意识形态工程服务的想象/象征系统。
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Research in African Literatures
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期刊介绍: Founded in 1970, Research in African Literatures is the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide and provides a forum in English for research on the oral and written literatures of Africa, as well as information on African publishing, announcements of importance to Africanists, and notes and queries of literary interest. Reviews of current scholarly books are included in every issue, often presented as review essays, and a forum offers readers the opportunity to respond to issues raised in articles and book reviews.
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