| 翻訳と辞書 |
| A Dance of the Forests ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
A Dance of the Forests
''A Dance of the Forests'' is one of the most recognized of Wole Soyinka's plays. The play "was presented at the Nigerian Independence celebrations in 1960, it ... denigrated the glorious African past and warned Nigerians and all Africans that their energies henceforth should be spent trying to avoid repeating the mistakes that have already been made."〔("Soyinka, Wole (Vol. 5): Soyinka, Wole 1934–." ) Contemporary Literary Criticism, ed. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 5. Gale Cengage, 1976. eNotes.com. 2006. 23 January 2009.〕 At the time of its release, it was an iconoclastic work that angered many of the elite in Soyinka's native Nigeria. Politicians were particularly incensed at his prescient portrayal of post-colonial Nigerian politics as aimless and corrupt. Despite the deluge of criticism, the play remains an influential work. In it, Soyinka espouses a unique vision for a new Africa, one that is able to forge a new identity free from the influence of European imperialism.
''A Dance of the Forests'' is regarded as Soyinka's theatrical debut and has been considered the most complex and difficult to understand of his plays.〔"''A Dance of the Forests''", Hans M. Zell, Carol Bundy, Virginia Coulon, ''A New Reader's Guide to African Literature'', Heinemann Educational Books, 1983, p. 169.〕 In it, Soyinka unveils the rotten aspects of the society and demonstrates that the past is no better than the present when it comes to the seamy side of life. He lays bare the fabric of the Nigerian society and warns people as they are on the brink of a new stage in their history; independence.
The play was published in London and New York in 1963 by Oxford University Press (Three Crowns Books).
==References==
〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「A Dance of the Forests」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|