- Title
- Oral narratives as intertexts in selected Nigerian films
- Creator
- Usman, Joshua
- Subject
- Folk literature -- Nigeria
- Subject
- Oral tradition -- Nigeria Motion pictures -- Nigeria
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- DPhil
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/43721
- Identifier
- vital:37038
- Description
- This research into the interface between orality and Nigerian film builds on previous scholarly works in the field (Ladebo (1992), Onabajo and M’Bayo (2009), Omolola (2013), Ezeigbo (2013), Mgbemere (2015) and Onzuike (2016)). Evident from these studies is the prevalence of recurring patterns of oral narratives in Nigerian film. The aim of this study is to consider the following research questions: Do film producers/directors adopt the use of oral narratives in Nigerian film texts? How do oral narratives translate into films? What is the rate of recurrence of oral narratives in Nigerian films? Do oral narratives aesthetically influence the quality of Nigerian films? For the purpose of this study a selection of nine Nigerian films (three each from the Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo groups). These films are analysed as primary texts to show the occurrence of elements of orature and oral narratives. Underpinning such analysis is the theory of intertextuality as coined by the French linguist Julia Kristeva. Kristeva sees the text as “intertextuality […] within the text of society and history” (Kristeva, 1980: 37). This approach is augmented by the views of Greenblatt on New Historicism, which implies literature should be studied and interpreted within the context of the history of the author and cultural/social context. The nine films under discussion are considered within their cultural/social context.
- Format
- ix, 275 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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