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Iconic symbols in Femi Osofisan’s Once Upon Four Robbers
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Femi Osofisan is a committed playwright who believes fervently in emphasizing the social responsibility of the playwright. He has sought in several ways to make the theatre reflect the problems of the Nigerian society and to make his plays a platform for exploring these social issues. His plays are replete with symbols which explore these social ills in Nigeria. Examples abound in Once Upon Four Robbers, Yungba Yungba and the Dance Contest, Aringindin and the Night Watchmen, Many Colours Make The Thunder King, Red is the Freedom Road etc. This paper seeks to examine, interpret the Iconic Symbols in Once Upon Four Robbers and how these symbols reflect the very concrete and biting socio-political statements. The paper submits, therefore, that Osofisan deliberately employ symbols in Once Upon Four Robbers to show the society for what it is and for the audience (readers) to have a fuller comprehension of his dramaturgy.
Title: Iconic symbols in Femi Osofisan’s Once Upon Four Robbers
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Femi Osofisan is a committed playwright who believes fervently in emphasizing the social responsibility of the playwright.
He has sought in several ways to make the theatre reflect the problems of the Nigerian society and to make his plays a platform for exploring these social issues.
His plays are replete with symbols which explore these social ills in Nigeria.
Examples abound in Once Upon Four Robbers, Yungba Yungba and the Dance Contest, Aringindin and the Night Watchmen, Many Colours Make The Thunder King, Red is the Freedom Road etc.
This paper seeks to examine, interpret the Iconic Symbols in Once Upon Four Robbers and how these symbols reflect the very concrete and biting socio-political statements.
The paper submits, therefore, that Osofisan deliberately employ symbols in Once Upon Four Robbers to show the society for what it is and for the audience (readers) to have a fuller comprehension of his dramaturgy.
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