This paper is preoccupied with the delineation of the dialectic of poverty and wealth in Festus Iyayi＇s Violence. The unbridled struggle between the bourgeois and the proletariat in the novel constitutes the onus of ...This paper is preoccupied with the delineation of the dialectic of poverty and wealth in Festus Iyayi＇s Violence. The unbridled struggle between the bourgeois and the proletariat in the novel constitutes the onus of the dialectical materialism which underlies an axiomatic focus of societal superstructure. An application of Kenneth Boulding＇s theory of protest to the Nigerian social milieu, poignantly reveals that there is a potent foregrounding of the class stratification between the rich and the poor. The paper will further examine how this dichotomy between the highly placed and the down trodden in the novel has graphically accentuated the poverty index in contemporary Nigeria.展开更多
正Director of Ceremonies, Your Excellencies, Ministers here present, Chinese State Leaders, Heads of Chinese NGOs, Representatives of International NGOs, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me first and foremost express my hear...正Director of Ceremonies, Your Excellencies, Ministers here present, Chinese State Leaders, Heads of Chinese NGOs, Representatives of International NGOs, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me first and foremost express my heartfelt gratitude to the Chinese Association for International Understanding for inviting me to展开更多
文摘This paper is preoccupied with the delineation of the dialectic of poverty and wealth in Festus Iyayi＇s Violence. The unbridled struggle between the bourgeois and the proletariat in the novel constitutes the onus of the dialectical materialism which underlies an axiomatic focus of societal superstructure. An application of Kenneth Boulding＇s theory of protest to the Nigerian social milieu, poignantly reveals that there is a potent foregrounding of the class stratification between the rich and the poor. The paper will further examine how this dichotomy between the highly placed and the down trodden in the novel has graphically accentuated the poverty index in contemporary Nigeria.
文摘正Director of Ceremonies, Your Excellencies, Ministers here present, Chinese State Leaders, Heads of Chinese NGOs, Representatives of International NGOs, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me first and foremost express my heartfelt gratitude to the Chinese Association for International Understanding for inviting me to
