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Intellectuals as sacrificial heroes : a comparative study of Bahram Beyzaie and Wole Soyinka

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29/07/2015
Author
Talajooy, Saeed
Keywords
Comparative Literature
Iranian Drama
Yoruba Culture and Drama
Iranian Cultural Studies
Comparative Cultural Stuides
Indigenous Performing traditions
Intellectuals
Leadership
Citizenship
Political drama
PK Indo-Iranian
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
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A study of Bahram Beyzaie and Wole Soyinka’s works reveals how in two disparate cultural settings, traditional structures and themes appear in modern forms to renegotiate people’s cultural identity. Both writers demythologize the ancient and modern superstitious beliefs that haunt their peoples, depict the fallacy of hybrid obsessions that distort everyday life in their countries, and mythologize the positive aspects of history to redefine cultural identity with the best their cultures offer. One aspect of this process is their depiction of creative intellectuals as sacrificial heroes. The form reveals their concern with the question of leadership and citizenship, the victimization of the educated people, and the resulting brain drain in their countries. In the paper that follows, I will compare Beyzaie and Soyinka’s depictions of intellectuals as sacrificial heroes. I will first study the dramatic origins of their forms and their approach to tragedy, myth, history, and sacrificial heroism, and explore the sociopolitical and personal reasons for the development of their forms. My intention is to discover how these forms evolved and why they reflect similar paradigms. I will then compare Beyzaie’s Parchment of Master Sharzin with Soyinka’s Madmen and Specialists to provide textual examples of these similarities and differences.
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Talajooy , S 2015 , ' Intellectuals as sacrificial heroes : a comparative study of Bahram Beyzaie and Wole Soyinka ' , Comparative Literature Studies , vol. 52 , no. 2 , pp. 379-408 .
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Comparative Literature Studies
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0010-4132
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Journal article
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Copyright © 2015 The Pennsylvania State University. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/comparative_literature_studies/v052/52.2.talajooy.html
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https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/comparative_literature_studies/v052/52.2.talajooy.html
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7134

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