Antigone claims to be not only paying the honour due to her brother, but also respecting the laws honoured by the gods 67. This essay represents essentially a comparative investigation of athol fugards the island and femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone, two african adaptations of sophocless antigone. The main characters of this classics, plays story are antigone, ismene sister of antigone. Emory where he adapted and directed a workshop production of tegonni, an. Storr translation 1912 for the loeb classical library. Osofisan tegonni and antigone world literatures in english. Instead, the play deconstructs colonial and other types of authority, including paternal power and the domination of the male, in the service of resistance to neocolonialism. Still, whether or not african reworkings of antigone should be considered counternarratives to the western canon is a question in need of closer investigation, and one that will be discussed later. Theatre emory was situated in the suburbs of a town which had been central to the resolution of the american civil war. Playing romanticism and patriotism through history and myth in femi osofisans tegonni. Babafemi adeyemi osofisan born june 1946, known as femi osofisan or f.
Colonial alienation and the ideology of resistance. A work on the interface between antigone and tegonni abstract. Pdf on jan 1, 20, sola adeyemi and others published colonial alienation and the ideology of resistance. An african antigone in the light of its classical antecedent and critically examines the playwrights. Introduction sophocles sophocles was born at colonus, a small village just to the northwest of athens, in 4965 bc. African theatre, effectively, the theatre of africa south of the sahara that emerged in the postcolonial erathat is to say, from the mid20th century onward.
Femi osofisans tegonni an african antigone researchgate. Oedipus unwittingly killed his father, laios, and married his own mother, iocaste. The paper examines the reception of plautine metatheatrical techniques and its attendant sociocultural interpretations in miles gloriosus, and in postcolonial nigerian drama through a reading of femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone. Antigone in yoruba land some remarks on the conception of. Free download or read online antigone pdf epub book. It is advisable to refer to the publishers version if you intend to cite from this work. Creating the conscious nigerian via an interrogation of sophocles antigone in osofisans tegonni. An african antigone, the final production of their 200607 season. An african antigone in the light of its classical antecedent and critically examines the playwrights deconstruction of sophocless antigone as. Pdf colonial alienation and the ideology of resistance.
Isbn 9780199296101 full text not archived in this repository. An african antigone, the island, odales choice, antigone in haiti, and giants. Femi osofisans tegonni an african antigone find, read and cite all the research. Mind you, antigone doesnt know all these things about herself. The first edition of the novel was published in 1944, and was written by jean anouilh. An african antigone in the context of other african and european rewritings of sophocles antigone. Free download or read online antigone pdf epub the theban plays series book. For the play, he presented a yoruba village as a microcosm of the african world where men remain because of other men. Argues for the importance of the neglected theme of slavery in antigone.
Tegonni, femi osofisans adaptation of sophocles antigone. Pdf antigone book by jean anouilh free download 72 pages. An african antigone in the light of its classical antecedent and critically examines the playwrights deconstruction of sophocless antigone as manifested in the thematic preoccupation, style, linguistic mediums and mythical contents of tegonni. Isbn 9783927510951 full text not archived in this repository. The incessant violence, terror, horror, disease and deprivation that have enveloped most societies in the world bear testimony to that. Classics in postcolonial worlds and crossroads in the black aegean make important contributions to theatre studies as the latest in a. A frequent theme that his novels explore is the conflict between good and evil. Teaching the antigone in wisconsin a resource guide by kerry lefebvre introduction and overview.
The context of performancewhich i always allow to play a decisive role in the shaping of my dramaturgyprovided a number of interesting challenges. Antigona espriu pdf in greek mythology, antigone is the daughter of oedipus and his mother jocasta. He is in fact a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society. When he learned what he had done, he blinded himself and left thebes. In this groundbreaking book, tina chanter challenges the philosophical and psychoanalytic reception of sophocles antigone, which has largely ignored the issue of slavery. In the fall of 1994, i was invited to present an adaptation of antigone at the theatre emory of emory university, atlanta.
It was a world where you were distraught by the death and edified by the progress of the other fellow. Pdf antigone book the theban plays free download 80. Antigone jean anouilh page 14 against the tyrant, the man against the sate, of purity against corruption when in short your name is antigone, there is only one part you can play. Eteocles and polyneices quarreled, polyneices was driven out but returned. Postcolonial discourse and strategies of indigenizing a western classic created date. The evolution of global societies in this age is taking alarmingly negative turns that seem to be catapulting the world into inevitable selfdestruction. In osofisan tegonni, antigones story is continued with a twist. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 80 pages and is available in paperback format.
In osofisan tegonni, antigone s story is continued with a twist. A top notch adaptation of antigone, osofisans tegonni reenvisions the play in a colonial nigerian context but for a modern african audience particularly nigerian, given that countrys postcolonial history of violence and oppressive military regimes. Analysis of sophocles antigone and the level of its influence on femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone tegonni, femi osofisans adaptation of sophocles antigone. Playing romanticism and patriotism through history and. Drawing on textual and contextual evidence, including historical sources, she argues that slavery is a structuring theme of the oedipal cycle, but. In the course of exploring the two texts however, i have found myself delving into some salient debates in postcolonial theory. Oedipus, who solved the riddle of the sphinx, who married his mother, jocasta, by accident, but still. By sophocles citystate of athens, presentday greece translated from the greek by robert fagles characters antigone daughter of oedipus and jocasta ismene sister of antigone a chorus of old theban citizens and their leader creon king of thebes, uncle of antigone and ismene a sentry haemon son of creon and eurydice.
This opens minds because a lot of the time in reading anything the origin of the. Why didnt you just stay where you were, a relic in the. Classical temper and creative ingenuity in osofisans. One of the things i really like about the play is the metatheatre woven.
In his treatment of tegonni, osofisan brings to bear on the form of antigone, his principle of reconstructing history and mythology, using to the fullest the african. A work on the interface between antigone and tegonni abstract this paper examines sophocles antigone to determine the level of its influence on femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone. A top notch adaptation of antigone, osofisans tegonni reenvisions the play in a colonial nigerian context but for a modern african audience particularly. Land some remarks on the conception of tegonni, an african antigone. The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the three postcolonial rewritings odale. It is not possible to talk of much african theatre as if it fell into discrete historical or national patterns. Analysis of sophocles antigone and the level of its influence on.
The island and femi osofisans tegonni, an african antigone adaptations of sophocless antigone. Pdf classical temper and creative ingenuity in osofisan. The african ejournals project has digitized full text of. An african antigone, for one, is a critique of the inhuman and aberrant activities of the soldiers who ruled nigeria and some parts of africa while the play was being written. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 72 pages and is available in paperback format. Antigone, relates haemon, is the secret talk about the town 145. Osofisans african antigone michigan state university. Analysis of sophocles antigone and the level of its. The first edition of the novel was published in 441, and was written by sophocles.
In the course of exploring however, i have found myself. Some remarks on the conception of tegonni, an african antigone. The antigone is an ancient greek tragedy, written and performed in a specific cultural and historical context in classical athens. Haemonaffirming that there is nothing i can prize above your happiness and well 4 beingasks his father if there might not be some other way 145. This specific context influenced the way the play was written and the. The author informs readers that mythology has no color by antigone showing up african american. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Femi osofisans tegonni an african antigone sola adeyemi, apr vol. This paper examines sophocles antigone to determine the level of its influence on femi osofisans. Brathwaites odales choice, athol fugard, john kani, and winston ntshonas the island, and femi osofisans tegonni. It is advisable to refer to the publishers version if you intend to cite from this. In place of traditional authorities it foregrounds relationships of spontaneous affection. It is set in nigeria under british colonial rule, while also referring to the military dictatorships that have held nigeria in its grip almost incessantly ever since its independence from britain in 1960. We always come in the colour and form of your imagination.
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