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An analysis of form and thematic pre-occupations of Mohammed Ben-Abdallah’s Drama

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dc.contributor.author Mensah, S.A
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-26T13:23:03Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-26T13:23:03Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/919
dc.description A Thesis in the Department of Music Education, School of Creative Arts, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy (Arts and Culture) degree August, 2016 en_US
dc.description.abstract Drama is artistic when it depicts life. It deals with man's experience which is the raw material for the playwright who is above all else a member of his particular society. He absorbs the culture of his society, takes in the language, observes the environment, discovers its idiosyncrasies and tries to reproduce them in his writings, especially in a format that connects with the aesthetic and social values of his audience. Mohammed ben-Abdallah is one Ghanaian dramatist who has developed a unique theatrical technique that easily addresses both the aesthetic and social yearnings and hiccups of society by re-inventing the history and indigenous knowledge of his society. This thesis examines the form and thematic pre-occupations of Mohammed ben-Abdallah’s drama and its impact towards theatre development in Ghana. The Fall of Kumbi and The Trial of Mallam Ilya were used to explore his dramatic form and how he radically exploits history and indigenous cultural practices by reading meanings into them and re-inventing history to comment on social, religious and political issues. Textual analysis and overlapping methodologies were used in ascertaining the uniqueness of his drama. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education,Winneba en_US
dc.subject Mohammed Ben-Abdallah’s Drama en_US
dc.subject thematic pre-occupations en_US
dc.subject Form and thematic pre-occupations en_US
dc.title An analysis of form and thematic pre-occupations of Mohammed Ben-Abdallah’s Drama en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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