声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Brief Introduction of the Dramatist Wole Soyinka
1.1 Wole Soyinka and His plays
1.2 Literature Review of Wole Soyinka’s Studies at Home and Abroad
1.2.1 Studies on Wole Soyinka’s Life and Works
1.2.2 Studies on Culture in Wole Soyinka’s Dramas
1.2.3 Studies on Language Features in Wole Soyinka’s Dramas
Chapter 2 Survey of Postcolonialism
2.1 Origin and Development of Postcolonialism
2.2 Theories and Theorists of Postcolonialism
2.3 Definition and Focuses of Postcolonialism
Chapter 3 The Characters as the Others in Wole Soyinka’s Dramas
3.1 Losing Cultural Belief in White-dominated Society
3.1.1 Seeking for Western Civilization Blindly
3.1.2 Keeping Traditional Culture Dogmatically
3.2 Dishonoring the Yoruba Community
3.2.1 Losing Will-power
3.2.2 Depriving the Authority of Father
3.3 Depriving Gender Equality
3.3.1 Female Characters Assigned with Negative Attributes
3.3.2 Female Characters Struggling in the African Polygamous Society
Chapter 4 The Outlets of the Others
4.1 Deconstruction of White’s Right
4.1.1 Raising Self-awareness in the Mainstream Culture
4.1.2 Resisting against Colonialist’s Violent Oppression
4.2 Construction of the Black Culture
4.2.1 Keeping the Black Musical Language
4.2.2 Carrying on the Black Myth and Ceremony
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Appendix