DEPICTION OF RESISTANCE AND UPRISING IN TANURE OJAIDE’S THE ACTIVIST

Abstract

Literature offers a unique point of view through which to examine
Nigeria’s socio-political experience. This research examines the
interplay of resistance and uprising in Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist.
The Activist by Tanure Ojaide highlights representations of
oppression and denial of basic human rights as triggers of revolution
in the novel. The theoretical framework used for this research is
Marxist approach to literature. The main aim of this research is the
evaluation of various social, economic, political, environmental
issues deployed in the novel, and it establishes the role of literary
narratives in emphasizing issues of resistance against subjugation,
class stratification, social injustice, and poverty. The analysis
demonstrates how Tanure Ojaide utilizes literature as tool for
emancipation of the people, which underscores his quest to collapse
the social disparity between oppressors and the oppressed. This
study employs the content analysis approach to qualitative research
methodology.

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