Yanayin `Tir-madalla` Da Sigarsa: Tsokaci Daga Fina-finan Hausa Na Nijeriya
Yanayin `Tir-madalla` Da Sigarsa: Tsokaci Daga Fina-finan Hausa Na Nijeriya
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2016
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SULAIMAN, Aliyu Isa
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Abstract
Until recently, the concept of dramatic genre is not at home with the blossiming Hausa
films, to some others also, the concepts of tragedy, comedy and tragi-comedy does not
seem to exist in films nomenclature. However researches into Hausa films has begun to
yield new ways of looking at this phenomenon (cf. Umma, (2008) and Aminu, (2012) as a
case in point.
It is in line with this development that this reseach attempts to explore the nature and forms
of tragi-comedy as can be discern from Hausa films. The thesis therefore in chapter one
discusses the problems of the study and its significance, a review of the releted literature
partaining to tragedy, comedy, the type, forms and features of tragi-comedy can be seen in
chapter two. While chapter three discusses the methodology of data collection and analysis.
An indepth analysis of thirty Hausa films was made in chapter four, applying the theory of
tragi-comedy so as to see the nature and forms of tragi-comedy identified by scholars.
The reseach unearth the applicability of dramatic genres as well as the existance of most
dramatic concepts in films and Hausa films in particular. The reseach further established
the existance of different types of tragi-comedy in Hausa films vide tragedy with happy
ending, comedy with unhappy ending, comedy with tragic-sequel, tragedy with a comic
substructure etc, it also captures the understanding that social vices can be corrected
through films that depicts tragi-comedy. Consequently, the research concludes that
dramatic genres, like tragi-comedy can be handy in the critical analyses of films.
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A thesis submitted to the School of Postgraduate Studies,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the
award of
Doctorate degree in African Literature (Hausa), Department of African Languages
and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Nigeria
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Yanayin `Tir-madalla,, Sigarsa,, Tsokaci,, Fina-finan Hausa,, Nijeriya,