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Vol.1 , No. 2, Publication Date: Jul. 19, 2018, Page: 41-48
| [1] | Shi Victor Vincent, Department of English, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria. |
This paper sets out to explore the theatre of the Caribbean- how the people’s historicity informs on the present literary pedigree of the region and their intra/interpersonal multifaceted interactions. The entire literature of the Caribbean effortlessly finds itself intermeddling with an odd culture that lingers even after the awful reign of imperialism. The men and women, though distraught, are firmly gripped by divisive and intangible hands of color. The study surveys the Caribbean literary text plays –Old Story Time and Smile Orange by Trevor Rhone within the compages of comparative analysis. Comparative theory enables an examination of two or more texts with. The study identifies and concludes therefore that language, and colours remain determining factors for identity and stratification in the contemporary Caribbean environment and several communities in the world. It also reasoned that having colour to determining people’s status and socio-economic participation in any given community irrespective of the inherent divergence in the world’s human settlements, in an age of globalization, must be lawfully resisted. And the natives whose ideals have been battered by experience must have to go through a just and efficient reorientation to be readmitted into society based on equality.
Keywords
Caribbean, Identity, Language, Colour, Theater, Comparatists
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