Doctoral Defense: Ibsen on the West African Stage-A Case of a Complicated Relationship

dc.contributor.authorAnku, S.S.
dc.contributor.authorAsiedu, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorHuq, S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-04T11:39:27Z
dc.date.available2024-06-04T11:39:27Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAt the brink of the collapse of colonial rule, literary and theatrical endeavors in sub-Saharan African colonies were most often political. The plays of Henrik Ibsen found their way into many British colonies because their subjects were relevant to local theater and literary enthusiasts. Additionally, changes in Ibsen’s literary reception in these colonies suggest a development in the attitudes of colonial subjects. In southeastern Asia, particularly In India, there is a thriving Ibsen performance tradition on its postcolonial theatre stages. In sub-Saharan Africa, the southern region has shown a sustained interest in Ibsen’s works, while very little can be said about the western region. This dissertation sets out to explain the low interest in Ibsen’s works on the theatre stages of western Africa by drawing on some markers from Ghana and Nigeria. The study finds its premise on the mapped travels of the play A Doll’s House on the IbsenStage database to piece together historical and political patterns of the reception of Ibsen in Ghana. In a broader context of female imaging in western In African literary traditions, the study situates an argument of reception linked to the traditions of performing and imaging maternity and women. This dissertation finds that colonial citizenship rules and nationalist sentiments of the early post-colonial period, governmental policies on culture, and some traditions offemale imaging in western African literature are liable for the state of Ibsen reception in this region.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/15021866.2022.2063979
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/42119
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIbsen Studiesen_US
dc.subjectWest Africansen_US
dc.subjectRelationshipen_US
dc.subjectcolonial ruleen_US
dc.titleDoctoral Defense: Ibsen on the West African Stage-A Case of a Complicated Relationshipen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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