CONFRONTATION AS MEANS FOR SOCIETAL CHANGE: A MARXIAN APPROACH TO FEMI OSOFISAN’S THE CHATTERING AND THE SONGS.

Theatre and Media Arts

The use of confrontation in tackling societal problems has been reviewed by writers who deemed it fit to put a stop to violence in tackling societal issues. Literature forms the major means of calling the attention of the masses to their problems and suggesting how to solve such problems without confrontation or violence. This research, therefore, focuses mainly on the revolutionary ideology of Femi Osofisan’s The Chattering and the Songs. A Marxian reading of the text is carried out to explain its revolutionary ideology which is the theory deployed for this research and which forms part of contributions to solving societal problems. It employs qualitative method for data collection which enables an understanding of concepts, opinions and textual applications to the research. The main reason for this research is to enlighten the masses and make them aware of their rights to demand a better, classless society. The playwright’s level of radicalism is exhibited in using some of the characters to portray its roles. The search for the truth prompted Osofisan to put up such dramaturgy or story line that gives hope of revolution and depicting its aesthetics appropriately. The research, therefore, concludes by encouraging criticism for appropriate understanding of the inherent values in ideologies towards revolutionary development, especially in Nigeria.

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