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Yanayin `Tir-madalla` Da Sigarsa: Tsokaci Daga Fina-finan Hausa Na Nijeriya
Yanayin Tir-madalla
Da Sigarsa: Tsokaci Daga Fina-finan Hausa Na Nijeriya
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
Yanayin Tir-madalla
Da Sigarsa: Tsokaci Daga Fina-finan Hausa Na Nijeriya