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VOL. 8, ISSUE 1 (2022)
Dream and vision as a journey in ben Okri’s trilogy
Authors
K Soniya, K A Agalya
Abstract
The article proposes to exemplify the dream and vision as a journey in the works of Ben Okri. Ben Okri has added the flavour of their indigenous culture to the concept of dream thereby making this novel unique of its kind. Okri skillfully intertwined dream as a reality of life to highlight the trauma of the African people. Okri is one of the best known of the first generation Nigerian novelist who has described the process of Nigerian transition from colonial rule to independence. In his works Okri has experimented with new literary forms, different styles such as mixed realism, modernism and oral literary technical forms, especially those of Yoruba culture. Okri started as a social realist by expediating postcolonial themes. Like Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, Okri has used his fiction to focus attention on the political injustice, institutional corruption, and economic dispossession. Ben Okri uses dream as technique to link traditional and modernity to prove the reader with an understanding of Nigeria. These dreams link with broader understanding of culture and society. This provides the indepth look at the society of Nigeria with hidden truths, independent culture, knowledge and continual shift in the trilogy.
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Pages:33-36
How to cite this article:
K Soniya, K A Agalya "Dream and vision as a journey in ben Okri’s trilogy". International Journal of English Research, Vol 8, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 33-36
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