Author : Abdullahi Haruna
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 366896114X
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (689 download)
Book Synopsis Festus Iyayi's "Violence". A Novel of Social Realism? by : Abdullahi Haruna
Download or read book Festus Iyayi's "Violence". A Novel of Social Realism? written by Abdullahi Haruna and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Literaturwissenschaft - Afrika, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This study interrogates the deployment of Social Realism in Festus Iyayi’s "Violence" (1979). While some scholars hail Iyayi’s "Violence" as an accomplished novel of Social Realism, others do not accord the novel this status. This critical conflict of opinion presents an interesting subject of study. This paper examines whether or not "Violence" should be considered accomplished in accordance with the popular beliefs about works of Social Realism. Towards this end, the concept of Social Realism and its tenets are discussed and applied in the assessment of Iyayi’s "Violence". The weaknesses and strengths of Iyayi's deployment of the concept in the novel are thereby identified and discussed. The paper thus concludes that although Iyayi’s "Violence" is significant in its treatment of corruption and injustice in society, the novel has some significant flaws in handling the techniques of Social Realism.