Death and the King’s Horseman was first published in 1975 by Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka. Set in 1940s Yoruba, the play covers the cultural crash between British colonizers and native Nigerians. All while following the narrative of Elesin Oba; a Nigerian horseman who must commit ritual suicide to honor his king. Throughout the five actContinue reading “Death and the King’s Horseman: Suppression of Culture (Unessay)”
Category Archives: Projects Fall 2024
Colonialism In Act 5 of “Death and the Kings Horseman”
Snakes and Ann
Mihalis Sourgiadakis Prof. Helms 10/3/2024 For this project we had a choice of any material we went over this semester. I decided to go with the Dew Breaker, by Edwidge Danticat. In most of the literature we have been assigned, women aren’t given much of a role. In Soyinka, and Dew breaker, all the womanContinue reading “Snakes and Ann”
Toxic Masculinity and Violence in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman
Jerry Swedberg Professor Nic Helms Currents in Global Literature EN3515.01 18 October 2024 Toxic Masculinity and Violence in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman A defining characteristic of masculinity throughout many facets of media and culture has long been the idea that the capacity for violence is an inherently masculine trait.Continue reading “Toxic Masculinity and Violence in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman”
Greif Takes Over The Dew Breaker
Dew Breaker, written by Edwidge Danticat, connects short stories with collective grief in 1957 – 1986 during the dictatorship in Haiti. She smoothly connects the idea of grief and the wide range of ways people cope with it from person to person in this book. The way that Danticat set up this book it startsContinue reading “Greif Takes Over The Dew Breaker”
Literature Review and Analysis of Danticat’s “The Dew Breaker”
By Tabitha Lopes Story Structure and Narrative Format Danticats, The Dew Breaker, is a larger than life text that relies on the intelligence and engagement of the reader. Due to the short story cycle Danticat chose to convey her novel, it creates an interdependency on each of the narrators to give context to each ofContinue reading “Literature Review and Analysis of Danticat’s “The Dew Breaker””
The Dew Breaker Bienaimé Family
Key Kirk Currents in Global Literature I made sims of the Bienaimé family from The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat. I decided to only make sims of Ka and her parents but to be very purposeful with each detail. I made Anne and Ka’s father when they were younger, around the time that the lastContinue reading “The Dew Breaker Bienaimé Family”
Motherhood and the Haunting of Trauma, Ella Orchard-Blowen
Ella Orchard-BlowenCurrents in Global Literature Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka and The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat both play with the themes of gender roles, and how they impact our societies. In both books women are often seen as filling the role of the mother, taking care of the people around themContinue reading “Motherhood and the Haunting of Trauma, Ella Orchard-Blowen”
The Dew Breaker Murder Board
by Ryleigh Simmons Link to the murder board if you want to see it bigger. Before reading my response, I would like to clarify that when I refer to Ka’s father during the time he was a Macoute, I will refer to him as either the fat man or the guard. Similarly, when I amContinue reading “The Dew Breaker Murder Board”
Silence, Gender Roles, and Trauma in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman
In literature, silence often functions as more than just the absence of speech; it serves as a powerful tool for communication, repression, and the reinforcement of societal norms. In The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat and Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka, silence takes on profound significance. Both texts explore the waysContinue reading “Silence, Gender Roles, and Trauma in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman “
Sprockets and Springes 