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WOLE SOYINKA
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Alexandra Gavrilchuk
WOLE SOYINKA
”…who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic
overtones fashions the drama of existence”
(the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, 1986)
• British English
• American English
• German English
• Pidgin «Creole»
• Yoruba
American dialect
“Hey, wair a minute waira minute.” Shurrup,
wharre hell you mean? I tell you I found their
hide-out. We gorra pay them a surprise visit
tonight whether you lak it or don't.”
(“The Road”)
Pidgin English
“Those who dey sweep street today give them
their own big office tomorrow. I say those who
dey waka today, given them their own bicycle
tomorrow.”
(“The Trials of Brother Jero”)
Yoruba Linguistic Habits
(“Death and the King's Horeseman”)
Praise singer: Elesin Oba, do you hear me?
Elesin: I hear your voice, Olohan iyo.
Praise singer: Elesin Oba, se o gbo mi?
Elesin: Mo gbo ohun Olohun i yo.
|
(to hear/to understand)
Intercultural references
• lipstick - red paint
• bicycle – new horse
Intercultural references
• sheet of paper – leaf
• camera – one-eyed box
Thanks for attention!

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