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Adiele Promise Okeadigwu Dr., Department of Languages

Area(s) of Specialization/Research Interests

Drama, Theory and Practice, African Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism

Profile

PhD Drama, Theory and Practice. Literary Theory and Criticism, Africana Literature, Creative Writing, Popular Culture, Prose Fiction

Academic Credentials

PhD - English (Literature) -2018 MA - English (Literature) 2002 BA English 1998

Professional Association

Literary Scholars Association of Nigeria

Publications

1 Adiele, Promise. “The Delphic Oracle and Ifa Oracle: Limits of Divination in Oedipus the King and The Gods Are Not to Blame”. Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory. Pennsylvania State University Press, USA. Vol. 26, Number 1, 2024. pp.23-40.-Updated on: 08Feb24
2 *Adiele, Promise. “Animist materialism in Femi Osofisan’s No More the Wasted Breed (1983) and Once Upon Four Robbers (1991)”. Research Journal in Advanced Humanities. Royallite Publishers (EA), Kenya. Vol. 5, Number 1, 2024. pp.16-30-Updated on: 24Jan24
3 *Adiele, Promise. Aesthetics: Redefining Femi Osofisan’s Dramatic Commitment”. Ars Artium: An International Journal of English Studies and Culture. Paragon International Publishers, New Delhi, India. Vol. 11, Number 1, 2023, pp. 1-17-Updated on: 24Jan24
4 *Adiele, Promise. “Poverty and Exploitation: Iyayi’s Social Realism in Violence and Heroes”. Akshara: An International Refereed Research Journal of English Literature and Language. World Association of Authors and Researchers, New Delhi, India. Vol.15, Number 1, 2023. pp.24-32.-Updated on: 24Jan24
5 *Adiele, Promise. “Self-Preservation as a Tragic Paradox in Death, Not a Redeemer”. In Theory and in Practice: Engaging the Writings of Hope Eghagha, ed. Patrick Oloko, African Diaspora Press, Houston, USA, 2015, pp. 89-100.-Updated on: 24Jan24
6 *Adiele, Promise. “The Trial of Religion and Politics in Soyinka’s The Trial of Brother Jero and Ngugi’s The Trial of Dedan Kimathi” Mountain Top University Journal of Humanities, Management and Social Sciences, Vol.3, Number 2, 2024, pp. 6-15.-Updated on: 24Jan24
7 *Adiele, Promise. “Sexual Continence and Masculine Tragedy in Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman”. Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 9, Number 1, 2023, pp. 186-205-Updated on: 24Jan24
8 Adiele, Promise. “Metastasized Characters as Hegelian Change Agents in Osofisan’s Morountodun and No More the Wasted Breed”. Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. (IJLL) Vol. 8, Number 1. 2022, pp.215-332.-Updated on: 24Jan24
9 • Adiele, Promise. “Tragedy as a Component of Liberation and Freedom in Ola Rotimi’s The gods are not to Blame”. A Journal of the Department of English, Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) Vol. 4, Number 1. 2022, pp. 62-74.-Updated on: 24Jan24
10 *Adiele, Promise. “Yoruba Cosmology: Osofisan’s Ideological Haven in Once Upon Four Robbers and Esu and The Vagabond Minstrel”. Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. (IJLL) Vol. 7, Number 1. 2021, pp.313-335.-Updated on: 24Jan24
11 *Adiele, Promise. “The Supernatural Realm and the Physical Realm: Shakespeare’s Experiment with Opposites in Julius Caesar”. Jos Journal of English Language, (JJEL) University of Jos. Vol 1, Number 2. 2021, pp. 678-687.-Updated on: 24Jan24
12 *Adiele, Promise. “Deconstructing Marxist Labels in Osofisan’s Plays” Savanah Journal of Language, Literature and Communication Studies, Gombe State University. (SAJOLLCOS) Volume 2, Number 1, 2021, pp. 210-224.-Updated on: 24Jan24
13 *Adiele, Promise. “Hegel’s Levels of Consciousness as Factors of Change in Femi Osofisan’s No More The Wasted Breed”. Kalangu Journal of Language and Literature Studies. Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa. (KJLLS) Volume 2, Number 1. 2021, pp. 143-153-Updated on: 24Jan24
14 *Adiele, Promise. “Rethinking Suicide as a Non-Mental, Non-depressive Phenomenon: Echoes in Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and Achebe’s Things Fall Apart”. The Noun Scholar. National Open University Journal of Humanities. Vol. 1, Number 1. 2021, pp. 119-126.-Updated on: 24Jan24
15 *Adiele, Promise. “Nigerian Festivals: In Search of a New Identity”. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Journal of Cultural Studies (JOFOCUS). Volume 1, Number 1. 2021, pp. 5-12.-Updated on: 24Jan24
16 *Adiele, Promise. “The Dialectic of Violence: Rethinking Armed Robbery in Femi Osofisan’s Once Upon Four Robbers”. Ogbazuluobodo. University of Nigeria Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. Volume 1, Number 1. 2020, pp. 70-86.-Updated on: 24Jan24
17 *Adiele, Promise. “Masculinity in chaos: Interrogating Gender Tensions in J.P. Clark’s Song of a Goat”. AJLLS. Anambra State Journal of Language and Literary Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, 2020, pp. 146-158.-Updated on: 24Jan24
18 *Adiele, Promise. “Unity of Opposites in Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun and No More the Wasted Breed”. LARES. Lagos Review of English Studies, A Journal of Language and Literary Studies, University of Lagos, Volume 18, Number 1, 2019, pp. 341-355.-Updated on: 24Jan24