Socio-Political Fundamentals in Emeka Nwabueze’s The Dragon’s Funeral

Abstract

Nigerian society has witnessed different aspects of political leadership which have been effectively portrayed by the literary writers using their critical perspectives. Most of the works of the writers have captured the ordinance and characters of socio-political and historical existential experiences even to the contemporary space. These writers mostly reflect the identity of a nation, her social experiences and the peculiar nature of her governance in their re-creation of contemporary social issues. In particular, Emeka Nwabueze seems to take more interest in reflecting socio-political imperatives in his works. His works are seen to portray the place of the masses within the framework of political, economic, religious decadence, cultural and class injustices. This paper, therefore, adopts a sociological approach to literature as a theoretical framework in the attempt to interrogate the fundamental cases as navigated by Emeka Nwabueze using the descriptive methodological approach.