MODERNIZATION AND TRADITIONALISM IN WOLE SOYINKA’S THE LION AND THE JEWEL AND JAMES HENSHAW’S THIS IS OUR CHANCE
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Abstract
This research study examines Modernization and Traditionalism in Wole Soyinka’s the Lion and the Jewel and James Henshaw’s This Is Our Chance. From a textual analysis of the two plays, the study reveals that there is a different between African tradition and that of Western culture based on the findings made in these two plays. In terms of modernity Bambulu and Lakunle display their modern educational knowledge while on tradition are Damba and Baroka who preserve cultures and traditions of their villages. While Bambulu is portrayed as endowed with bright ideas and the one destined to transform his community from darkness to a glorious dawn, Lakunle is influenced by Western education reject his culture and tradition thereby creating confused identity for his personality. This project indicates that Chiefs Damba and Baroka are core traditionalists but Damba opts for change to positively affect a repressive aspect of tradition while Baroka remains dogged in his adherence to tradition. The study recommends that traditional institutions should not be totally discarded, rather they should be integrated with the Western education to bring progress and peace to the society as it is seen in the two plays under study in this project.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The background to this study portrays traditionalism and modernization in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and The Jewel and James Henshaw’s This is Our Chance. Soyinka and Henshaw unarguably are Nigerian and African most influential writers whose novels dramatize the conflicts between traditionalism and Western cultures.
Unlike James Henshaw, a surgeon who stands distinctly as a pioneer African writer who consistently uses his writings to portray the debilitating impact of Western civilisation on African culture and worldview, he highlights the need for an integration of positivist elements derivable from Western civilization into African culture. He also writes to elevate African cultures above the level of backwardness which Western bias and prejudices as well as the African’s lack of self-esteem.
Soyinka on the other hand is one of the renowned African literary writers especially in the west. His writings portray the victims of cultural imperialism as a result of European colonial rule.
In The Lion and The Jewel, Soyinka portrays the conflict between modernity and the tradition in a transparent manner as the Western World. At the same time, he writes how the colonial masters and their cultural imposition have projected and glorify traditional cultures of the Africans and the negative effects of political corruption that have been affecting the progress of the Nigerian societies since her independence as seen in his play entitled The Road.
Consequently, it is on this backdrop that this study aims at examining modernisation and traditionalism in the two plays under investigation.
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1.2 Statement of the problem
Wole Soyinka and James Henshaw are among the renowned African playwrights whose writings specifically examine the conflict between traditionalism and modernism in African societies as seen in the two selected plays in this research project. Their writings portray the debilitating impact of Western civilisation on African culture and world view. They also write to elevate African cultures above the level of backwardness which Western bias and prejudices as well as the African’s lack of self-esteem and also portray the victims of cultural imperialism as a result of European colonial rule.
1.3 Purpose of the study
The purpose of this work is to investigate the effects of modernisation and traditionalism in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and The Jewel and James Henshaw’s This is Our Chance.
1.4 Significance of the study
This research work is significant to Africans and the readers of this work on the importance of culture and tradition. The study will also be of immense benefits to students of English and researchers who would love to research more on the works of Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and The Jewel and James Henshaw’s This is Our Chance.
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1.5 Research Methodology
The research method that is used in this project is library studies research. The primary method is the use of Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and The Jewel and James Henshaw’s This is Our Chance. Internet, academic magazines is used as secondary sources for further information.
1.6 Scope and delimitation of the study
The scope of this study is delimited to the writing of Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and The Jewel and James Henshaw’s This is Our Chance.
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