Element of Parody in Nigerian Governance as Reflected in Selected Yorùbá Plays

Abstract

Parody is a literary term that could be employed to dissect or analyze literary piece(s). Literary writers are confined to the society where they get their experience and inspiration. Mostly, literary writers base their literary works on the economy, politics, education, health and sociocultural issues of their environment. This paper examines parody as a literary term to explicate and analyze two Yorùbá plays of Re? ? re? ? Rún and Èèpà ? Para Re? ? . Can the masses be given their right by employing parody as a societal means of emancipation especially when and where the political leaders are always adamant to the yarnings of the masses? The work is therefore concluded on the note that if employment of only parody can be a weak means of fighting the masses oppression and exploitation perpetrated by the leadership, why wouldn’t the masses marry parody with the use of peaceful demonstration; combination this paper believes will work perfectly for the masses emancipation and general societal wellbeing and
strategic development.