Religious metaphors and the crisis of faith in Wole Soyinka's poetry.
Most commentaries on Wole Soyinka's works across genres engage with his constant invocation of cultural tropes, most of which revolve around Ogun, his self-proclaimed muse. In this article, I highlight the centrality of religious myths and metaphors in a selection of Soyinka's poems, namely, "Idanre...
| Publicado en: | Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 1 - 13 |
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2023
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