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
