• Swati Kumari

The Strong Breed unfolds layers of concrete experiences which are common to human existence. Through two characters, Sunma and Eman, Soyinka depicts the mood of man in the face of approaching danger. The dramatist seems to wonder: what, in actual fact, is the feeling of the being-there at the recognition of an imminent threat which magnitude is so deep that it inevitably jeopardizes Da-sein’s existence? The Strong Breed follows Heidegger in proffering the answer: the feeling is that of fear. The play, I contend, dramatizes fear as a phenomenon that relates to angst, both of which spring from the region of the uncanny and keep in Da-sein’s awareness its own not-being-at-homeness which is a product of the sudden unfamiliarity or harmful transformation of things which have hitherto been familiar. The uncanny in the text not only resonates with the Freudian paradox of a familiar becoming disquieting but also cuts across Heidegger’s view of fear as having a specific foundation and of angst as an authentic awareness of nothingness which helps Da-sein act to recover its self from its lostness in the interpreted world. Through Eman and Sunma, Soyinka’s The Strong Breed dramatizes the relationship between these two kindred phenomena.

fear, uncanny, angst, conscience, summons, resoluteness

"By closely weighing in on the environmental aspects of Wole Soyinka’s ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.960-962, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S43.pdf

"By closely weighing in on the environmental aspects of Wole Soyinka’s ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp960-962, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905S43.pdf