Structures and strictures: a re-reading of Oladejo Okediji’s “Rere Run”

Abstract

Literary and theoretical strictures are expounded in this discourse as central to the thematic concern of an indigenous playwright, Oladejo Okediji in his play, Rere Run. To this end, Marxist aesthetics as evidenced in the build-up of the economic conflicts are juxtaposed with characterization in evaluating the artistic vision of the playwright. The essay explores the universe of the play and draws out, subtly, the similitude in the literary preoccupation of a
third-world literature and contemporary literary theorizing. There is a conscious attempt at redefining the poetics for literatures which are written in indigenous languages like Yoruba.