Budelmann, Felix
(2007). Trojan Women in Yorubaland: Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu.
In: Hardwick, Lorna and Gillespie, Carol eds.
Classics in Post-Colonial Worlds.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 15–39.
Abstract
This chapter is concerned with the latest of several plays by West African authors that draw on Greek tragedies: Femi Osofisan's The Women of Owu, based on Euripides' Women of Troy. It discusses Osofisan's treatment of responsibility, communality, gender, and form and tone; as well as the interrelation of African, ancient Greek and modern European elements in his play. It ends with some broader considerations about Classics and postcolonial studies.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| ISBN: |
0-19-929610-3, 978-0-19-929610-1 |
| Extra Information: |
This book chapter previously appeared in "Portraits for an eagle: a festschrift in honour of Femi Osofisan", Bayreuth African Studies (78). |
| Keywords: |
classics; postcolonial studies; West-Africa; African literatures; Osofisan; Euripides; Greek tragedy |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Classical Studies |
| Item ID: |
2582 |
| Depositing User: |
Felix Budelmann
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| Date Deposited: |
01 Mar 2007 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 19:47 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/2582 |
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