The place of Urhobo folklore in Tanure Ojaide's poetry.
While some notable studies have been done on Tanure Ojaide and his coevals on their "Alter/Native" tradition of modern African poetry that gained inspiration from indigenous African oral literature and folklore, there has been no focused study on the place of folklore in his writing, especially his...
| Published in: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 138 - 159 |
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=109950582&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 109950582 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0041476X 162I jtl: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde issn: 0041476X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2015 vid: 52 iid: 2 pid: 71603 pub: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde artinfo: ui: 109950582 10.4314/tvl.v52i2.10 ppf: 138 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: The place of Urhobo folklore in Tanure Ojaide's poetry. aug: au: Ojaruega, Enajite Eseoghene affil: Department of English and Literary Studies, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria su: Ojaide, Tanure African poetry Folklore Urhobo folk songs Cultural identity sug: subj: Ojaide, Tanure African poetry Folklore Urhobo folk songs Cultural identity keyword: cultural identity oral tradition Tanure Ojaide Urhobo folklore ab: While some notable studies have been done on Tanure Ojaide and his coevals on their "Alter/Native" tradition of modern African poetry that gained inspiration from indigenous African oral literature and folklore, there has been no focused study on the place of folklore in his writing, especially his poetry. Ojaide's writing is deeply steeped in Urhobo folklore, which his upbringing and later study and research in Udje have brought about. Though this is not an essentialist reading of his work, I intend to use his specific cultural background to do a reading of his poetry in order to show the depth, breadth, and complexity of his themes and the sophistication of his art, all of which are infused with his native Urhobo folklore. From legendary personages such as Ogiso, Arhuaran, Aminogbe, Ayayughe, Ogidigbo through the fauna and flora of the iroko, akpobrisi, uwara, eyareya, to the incorporation of folk songs and modelling of poems on the udje genre, Ojaide uses orature to establish a cultural identity and a common humanity for his work. Through local folklore and a style borrowed from the oral tradition he deploys folkloric resources as style and form to advance his themes. My study thus illuminates the deep meaning of the writer's thoughts and the effective use of oral poetic performance style. This conscious effort of the writer appears to have yielded poetic dividends in the relevance of his work and the literary reputation he has gained through his consistency despite innovations now and then. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is the property of Tydskrif vir Letterkunde and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde holder: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde dt: @attributes: year: 2015 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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