Title:   DRAMA, WELTANSCHAUUNGEN AND PASSION IN AMIRI BARAKA’S GREAT GOODNESS OF LIFE AND ESIABA IROBIS HANGMEN ALSO DIE

Abstract
A life without a future has a greater tendency of depreciating into violence. Drama as a genre of literature is built on mimesis; man in the confines of the theatre is offered the opportunity to preside over judgment against his actions and inactions. The sense of good or bad in a man’s judgment is an embodiment of his world view, which defines his morals, beliefs and value. Consciously or unconsciously, these filter into a passion that propels the desire for a better living condition. The playwrights under study: Amiri Baraka and Esiaba Irobi are African-American and African respectively. These societies suffer injustice in different shades: racism and neocolonialism, and are yet to be totally free. It is the interest of this paper to discuss the relationship shared by the passions generated by the individual world view of these societies in their drama as they utilize the theatre as veritable tool in their struggles for liberation. The selected plays for this discourse are The Great Goodness of Life (1966) and Hangmen Also Die (1989). These are studied using sociological perspective of literature. Apart from being from different regions, the playwrights are different eras apart, as a result, that will help the researcher to arrive at a result based on the human condition irrespective of the society and era. This research will guide the various bodies to understand the causes and consequences of youth restiveness in societies.
Key words: Drama, Weltanschauungen, Hubris, Passion and Freedom.

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Publication Date: 2023-04-05