Corruption in Contemporary Nigerian Poetry
A New Historicist Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Onyebuchi Nwosu (0009-0006-0261-1288, Alex Ekueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Nigeria, corresponding author), Anike Adeshina (Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria.) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 14-33 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718.2021.1997164 |
| OpenAlex | W4200251940 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Discussions on corruption in Nigeria are dominated by economists and social scientists with their scholastic discourse on the subject growing by the day that one wonders whether Nigerian creative writers, especially contemporary poets are not perturbed by the rising wave of corruption in the country. This article attempts to investigate the contributions of some Nigerian poets like Niyi Osundare, Odia Ofeimun, Idris Amali, Joe Ushie, Amanze Akpuda, Musa Idris Okpanachi, Darlington Ogbonnaya and Eddie Onuzuruike in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. Hence a new historicist approach was adopted to discuss their imaginative portrayal of corruption and its impact on the war against graft. Their artistic perspectives of corruption were identified in order to better understand the various forms of corruption as well as the historical dimensions and their suggestive mitigating effects. From the findings, it is evident that Nigerian poets have raised strong voices against corruptive tendencies by exposing the various categories of corruption in Nigeria and their destructive and debilitating effects
Art · Economics · Historicism · Language change · Literature · Poetry · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
Corruption Around the World
Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa
Determinants of corruption in Nigeria
Corruption
Political Corruption in Nigeria
The writer as social thinker
Corrupt acts in the Nigerian construction industry
Economic Analysis of Corruption
Provisional notes on the postcolony
Corruption and Political Development
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |