This paper argues that the establishment of this moral paradox is particularly conditioned by Soyinka’s conscious choice of writing this play in the form of the syncretic theatre because the Yoruba’s psychology is perfectly portrayed through cultural texts and a shift of dominants concerning the dramatic devices which enables the reader to empathise with the Yoruba culture and its, for a European audience, barbaric and illegal practices. On that account, this paper reads Soyinka’s play Death and the King’s Horseman as a syncretic theatrical text par excellence and aims to demonstrate how the specific elements of this genre are 2 implemented in the text as this is necessary to demonstrate the effect those elements have on the establishment of a moral paradox
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Syncretic Theatre
2.1. Definition and Characteristics
2.2. The Cultural Text
2.3. The Shift in the Hierarchy of Dramatic Devices
3. The Fusion of Cultures and Theatre Traditions in Death and the King's Horseman
3.1. Ritual Suicide and the Dramaturgy of the Ritus Interruptus
3.2. Cultural Texts in Soyinka's Play
3.2.1. Music and Dance
3.2.2. Drumming
3.2.3. Clothing and Costumes
3.4. Dominant Shift
4. The Moral Paradox
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
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