Postcolonial sparagmos: Toni Morrison's Sula and Wole Soyinka's The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite
This article argues that the Greek idea of <em>sparagmos</em> (tearing apart) offers an illuminating metaphor to describe creative artists’ engagement with antiquity. The violence and fertility innate within <em>sparagmos</em> are particularly appropriate to postcolonial rece...
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Oxford University Press
2015
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