A Case Study of The Epic Plot of Ayi Kwei Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons

Name of Author : M. Rayapparaj

Abstract: This work examines the plot of Two Thousand Seasons as an epic plot. The work contends that contrary to the popular belief that an epic narrative is a new form in Africa, epic narratives have long been known in African literary cycles. There are many models on the Epic analysis, but in this work, Albert Sackeys eight part division of the epic plot as identified by Aristotle is used in this analysis. In the Poetics, Aristotle identified five elements of an epic plot, character, setting, diction and thought. Two Thousand Seasons is subjected to an epic plot analysis. In analyzing the epic plot, Albert Sackeys eight point parts of the epic plot, which he refers to as structural devices of the Epic: the unity of time and action, Deux ex Machina, in medias res, opening invocation, extensive geographical travelling, catalogues of troops, digressions and division of texts, are used in this analysis.

Keywords : African literature, Epic, Plot, Narratology, Godhead, In medias res

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