Fagunwa Novel Analysis

There are series of writing on Yorùbá novels analysing different themes and issues. Bamgbose (1974) critically reviewed the novels of Fagunwa and this is the first attempt recorded. He scrutinizes Fagunwa’s novels without selection and he was able to highlight the background sources of Fagunwa’s writing inspiration, the use of his narrative techniques, the type of characters and characterization in his novels and his use of language. Ogunsina (1976) gives a historical account of the Yorùbá written novels from 1930 – 1975. He categorizes novels into three: Fagunwa tradition, middle course novels, mythological novels and modern novels, expressed in three historical, social and crime related novels. Isola (1978) in his work on ‘The writer’s

He examines the traditional custom from the political perspective. His work is an attempt on political related issues but did not address the activities of the political leadership and the level of corruption in the society. This particular study intends to look beyond development of political system by pointing out the undoing of political leaders that fashioned in corruption and corrupt practices in the society. He viewed the traditional custom from the political perspective. The major concern of the work of Oloyede (1986) centred on comparative study of the novels of Ọlábímtán and Ládélé’s novels, especially Jẹ́ N Lògbà Tèmi. The influx of foreign social ways of life through the white missionaries to Ọ̀wọ̀ town introduced the youth to social vices in the society. He is able to show the existing conflict between Yorùbá culture and the foreign culture by emphasising the level of disappointment that is attributed to civilization at the

He emphasizes that war novels are very significant in a society as they provide the knowledge of the past happenings in the wave of social realities. He shows the significance of Nigerian novels in the field of historical fiction. He concludes by expressing the bad consequences of war in a nation which is always accompanied by great suffering. We agree with this view but argue that identification of the causes of Nigeria Civil War traced to selfish national economic interests, racism and struggle for power is not enough to describe the political situation and oppression of the masses in the nation without attributing the root of this problem to the bad leadership style and corrupt