THEMES, LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN THE PLAY

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS1 SECOND TERM

WEEK SEVEN

THEMES, LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN THE PLAY

CONTENT

REFERENCES

1.      The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka.

2.      Exam Reflection Literature- in-English by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi.

3.      Exam Reflection Literature-in-English (Prose and Drama) by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi.

THEMES, LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN THE PLAY

TRADITION VS MODERNITY

The Lion and the Jewel were written and first performed the year before Nigeria was granted its independence from Great Britain, and the script was published two years after independence. As such, one of the primary conflicts of the play pits traditional Yoruba customs against a western conception of progress and modernity, as represented by the conflict between Baroka and Lakunle for Sidi's hand…