Conflict between Tradition and Modernity in The Swamp Dweller

1.  Name: Sagar B Vaghela
 Roll No: 32
 Enrollment No: 2069108420180052
 Paper No:14 African Litrature
 Topic: Conflict between Tradition and Modernity in The Swamp Dweller
 Batch: 2017-19
 Email Id: sagarvaghela2020@gmail.com
 Submitted to: S.B.Gardi Department of English
 MKBU

2. • Wole Soyinka born on july 13, 1934
into a Yoruba family in Abeokuta
• He was a poet, author and playwright
• The Swamp Dweller is a play that was written by wole
Soyinka
• In to the swamp Dweller Soyinka explores the controversial
themes of power, social injustice hypocrisy , tyranny and
balance for a functional society.

3.  Alu
 Makuri
 Igwezu
 Kadiye
 The Beggar
 Awuchike
 Desala

4.  A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society
with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.
 Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years—the word
tradition itself derives from the Latin tradere literally meaning to
transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping.
 Tradition is used to indicate the quality of piece of information being
discussed.

6.  modernity usually refers to a post traditional, post medieval historical
period; the period in which many cultures around the world moved from
the feudalism system toward capitalism, highly industrialized, a
rationalized age and in nany cases secularist.
 Modernity may refer periods or qualities.

8.  Igwezu went into city to earn more in life but he can’t accept the reality
of life which is in city.
 There is starvation for shelter in city, so cold sophisticated life than
village so we can say that Igwezu and Awuchike both are suffering
because of their acceptance or to much exaggeration of their life.
 In city there is not any feeling in between human being even they don’t
know each other if they are living near and this is the harsh reality of
city life, you will lose yourself in city.

9.  When Igwezu comes back from the city with the hope that he will
cultivate a farm but when he shows that every thing is ruined by food.
 When Igwezu talks about Awuchike because Desala leaves him for
Awuchike.
 Igwezu doesn’t earn that much money like Awuchike that is when he
talks about him we come to know that because of city life or to much
exaggeration destroy family structure.

10.  When Alu is talking about him she says that perhaps there is something
in the place that makes man forgets.
 Igwezu is destroyed by farm and his brother both.
 So we can say that both lives are not satisfied. Desala and Awuchike
both are not happy, they are dead not physically but spiritually.

11. In conclusion we can say that, One should not stick with old ideas.
But yes here one should first identify the strength of old ideas.
As we have seen in the play that old son goes to city, he just thinks
about his own happiness only. (yes, in a way that is also right).
When we look towards traditional mindset they just suffers, they remains
in one narrower space.
At last we can think of balanced life.