An Intertextual Analysis of Jími Ṣólańkẹ́'s Ọ̀̀nà Là in 'The Path' and the Multiple Star System Theory of Mutual Illumination and Interaction

dc.contributor.authorKambon, Q.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T09:27:50Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T09:27:50Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe concept of mutual illumination between texts, genres, arts, and disciplines has been used in scholarly work for decades (Weisstein, 1973, 1993). Nevertheless, much of this literature lacks a firm anchor with regard to a literal source of the analogy “mutual illumination.” We argue that by observing natural phenomena that actually mutually illuminate, influence and otherwise affect each other, greater insight into how texts interact in similar ways can be achieved. Thus, drawing concepts from astrophysics, with specific reference to multiple star systems, a conceptual framework is derived in which analogous relations are proposed and interrogated. This framework couches the discussion in a stylistic analysis of our primary text, Jími Ṣólańkẹ́’s O ̣̀nạ̀ Lạ̀, which is analyzed both on its own and also with reference to other texts which are interconnected, interrelated, and serve to “mutually illuminate” each other. We find that when considered in light of other related texts, the analysis of O ̣̀nạ̀ Lạ̀ becomes much richer and, in the process, the understanding of the other texts is also enriched. Stylistic tools used in the analysis include various types of intertextual and intratextual parallelism, repetition, and silence.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKambon, Obadele. (2017). An Intertextual Analysis of Jími Ṣólańkẹ́’s Ọ̀nà Là (In The Path) via the Multiple Star System Theory of Mutual Illumination and Interaction.. Legon Journal of the Humanities. 28. 62-78. 10.4314/ljh.v28i1.6.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.4314/ljh.v28i1.6
dc.identifier.otherVOL 28(1)
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26050
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectmutual illuminationen_US
dc.subjectO ̣̀nạ̀ Lạ̀en_US
dc.subjectRoche lobeen_US
dc.subjectintertextualityen_US
dc.subjectstylisticsen_US
dc.titleAn Intertextual Analysis of Jími Ṣólańkẹ́'s Ọ̀̀nà Là in 'The Path' and the Multiple Star System Theory of Mutual Illumination and Interactionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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