Oyebanjo, Funke ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6655-9726 (2023) Chapter 33. The haptic encounter: scripting female subjectivity. In: Davies, Rosamund ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6655-9726, Russo, Paolo and Tieber, Claus, (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies. Palgrave Macmillan - Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 623-642. ISBN 978-3031207686; 978-3031207716; 978-3031207693 (doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20769-3_33)

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This chapter employs the concept of the haptic encounter as informed by the phenomenological turn in screenplay studies. It draws on the outcomes of my own web series screenplay research project, Efunsetan’s Story (2021), within the context of Nigerian historical drama. Since the late 1960s, the genre of Nigerian historical drama has produced leading female protagonists such as Efunsetan (Efunsetan Aniwura. 1981.Written by Akinwunmi Isola. Directed by Bankole Bello. Nigeria: Isola Ogunshola Theatre Productions) and Moremi (Moremi Ajasoro. 2009. Written by Duro Ladipo. Directed by Abiodun Olanrewaju. Nigeria: 1st Eye Pictures and Duro Ladipo Theatre INT’L). However, the genre generally promotes female objectivity by reinforcing patriarchal conventions. The practice of screenwriting for historical drama can benefit from the use of the haptic in the creation of female subjectivity insofar as the haptic encounter allows for a rethinking of the interaction between the female character and the reader on a corporeal level.

Item Type:	Book Section
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	haptic encounter, screenwriting, Efunsetan’s Story, Moremi, Nigerian historical drama
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Stage and Screen
Last Modified:	18 Dec 2024 11:10
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48879

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