HISTORY AND IMAGINATION IN OLA ROTIMI’S KURUNMI AND OVONRAMWEN NOGBAISI

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This work focuses on history and imagination as portrayed by Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi and Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. This study shows how that history and imagination are woven to produce the two plays. Marxist theory is adopted in the study with the elements of Marxist theory that critically explains this work.

Historical plays are stories based upon historical events and are based on actual persons and their deeds. Kurunmi and Ovonramwen Nogbaisi are plays in this mode.

Imagination is the act of power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality. Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi and Ovonramwen Nogbaisi are considered in the above light and studied to show how history and imagination are woven to produce these two historical play. Marxist theory is adopted in the study with the various Marxist elements that will help to critically explain this work.

The plays depict what happened in Benin history and Ijaiye history and how Rotimi recreates history not only to make it relevant to the contemporary society but to re awaken the spirit of the past in the present in order to live through them again.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page i

Certification ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgments iv

Abstract v

Table of Contents vi

CHAPTER ONE

General introduction 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Purpose of Study 5

1.3 Scope of Limitation 5

1.4 Justification 5

1.5 Methodology 6

1.6 History of Ijaiye Land 6

1.7 History of Benin Kingdom 8

1.8 Autobiography of Ola Rotimi 11

CHAPTER TWO

2.1 Introduction of history 14

2.2 Imagination 18

2.3 Marxism 23

2.4 Cultural Materialism in Kurunmi 26

2.5 Marxism in Ovonramwen Nogbaisi 31

CHAPTER THREE

3.1 Plot of Kurunmi 39

3.2 Themes in Kurunmi 40

3.3 Setting of Kurunmi 48

3.4 Language and style in Kurunmi 50

3.5 Characterization in Kurunmi 57

3.6 Plot of Ovonramwen Nogbaisi 60

3.7 Themes in Ovonramwen 61

3.8 Setting of Ovonramwen 71

3.9 Language and style 73

3.10 Characterization in Ovonramwen 79

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 Comparative study of the text. 88

4.2 Summary 91

4.3 Findings 92

4.4 Conclusion 93

CHAPTER FIVE

Bibliography 94

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T0gOSTL5c0005cdc49c47.77861884, Q. (2018). HISTORY AND IMAGINATION IN OLA ROTIMI’S KURUNMI AND OVONRAMWEN NOGBAISI. Afribary. Retrieved from https://beta.afribary.com/works/history-and-imagination-in-ola-rotimi-rsquo-s-kurunmi-and-ovonramwen-nogbaisi-5961

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T0gOSTL5c0005cdc49c47.77861884, QQXlA1z5c0005cdbe9d75.44641593 . "HISTORY AND IMAGINATION IN OLA ROTIMI’S KURUNMI AND OVONRAMWEN NOGBAISI" Afribary (2018). Accessed June 09, 2025. https://beta.afribary.com/works/history-and-imagination-in-ola-rotimi-rsquo-s-kurunmi-and-ovonramwen-nogbaisi-5961

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