عنوان

The Poet as Town-Crier

شماره

LA120378

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Poet as Town-Crier

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Idaevbor Bello

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This essay proceeds from the consideration of literature as a medium of disseminating information to society at large, and argues that poetry, being a branch of literature, lends its resources and compact form to this function of information dissemination. It goes further to argue that Niyi Osundare in Village Voices, like the town-crier in our traditional societies, clearly brings to the attention of the leaders and the led important developments within society. However, he does not stop at informing society of those developments, especially the negative conduct of its leaders, but goes further to warn the latter of the consequences of persisting in their negative ways, and, addressing the mass of the people, calls for the necessary action that would extricate and free them from their bad leaders. This essay proceeds from the consideration of literature as a medium of disseminating information to society at large, and argues that poetry, being a branch of literature, lends its resources and compact form to this function of information dissemination. It goes further to argue that Niyi Osundare in Village Voices, like the town-crier in our traditional societies, clearly brings to the attention of the leaders and the led important developments within society. However, he does not stop at informing society of those developments, especially the negative conduct of its leaders, but goes further to warn the latter of the consequences of persisting in their negative ways, and, addressing the mass of the people, calls for the necessary action that would extricate and free them from their bad leaders.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

96-108

عنوان

Matatu

شماره جلد

49/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1875-7421

اصطلاح موضوعی

Nigerian poetry

اصطلاح موضوعی

Niyi Osundare

اصطلاح موضوعی

polemic

اصطلاح موضوعی

political leadership

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Idaevbor Bello

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/18757421-04901006

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y