TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page - - - - - - - - i

Declaration - - - - - - - - ii

Certification - - - - - - - - iii

Acknowledgement - - - - - - - iv

Dedication - - - - - - - v

Table of content - - - - - - - vi

Abstract   - - - - - - - - vii

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study - - - - - - 1

1.2 Statement of the problem - - - - - - 2

1.3 Aim and Objectives - - - - - - 4

1.4 Significance of the study - - - - - - 4

1.5 Scope of the study - - - - - - - 5

CHAPTER 2

LITRATURE REVIEW

2.1 The concept of satire - - - - - - 6

2.2 Socio-political satire - - - - - - 10

2.3 Types and forms of satire - - - - - - 11

2.3.1 Types of satire - - - - - - - 12

2.3.2 Horatian satire - - - - - - - 12

2.3.3 Juvelian satire - - - - - - - 13

2.3.4 Menippean satire - - - - - - 13

2.4 New forms of satire - - - - - - 14

2.4.1 Parody - - - - - - - - 14

2.4.2 Irony - - - - - - - - 14

2.4.3 Sarcasm - - - - - - - - 14

2.5 Influence of Horace and Juvenal - - - - - 15

2.6 Femi Osofisan's art and vision - - - - - 16

                                                          CHAPTER 3

SATIRIC IMPERATIVE IN MANY COLOUR MAKE THUNDER KING

3.1 Synopsis of the play - - - - - - 25

3.2 Metaphorical aesthetics and philosophy - - - - 28

3.3 Shango and Alagemo visionary artistes - - - - 32

3.4 Environmental pollution and the ants - - - - 33

3.5 Terrorism and inordinate ambition - - - - 34

CHAPTER 4

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

4.1 Summary - - - - - - - - 40

4.2 Conclution - - - - - - - - 40

Works Cited - - - - - - - - 42