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ABSTRACT
This thesis critically analyses the Nigerian playwright Femi Osofisan use of satire to depict various forms of corruption in his plays "Who's Afraid of Solarin?" and "Midnight Blackout." Through a Marxist literary lens, it examines how Osofisan anatomizes corruption as an outgrowth of exploitative capitalist systems and neocolonial power structures in postcolonial Nigeria. The study employs textual analysis to unveil Osofisan’s subversive use of exaggeration, irony, humor and dramatic techniques like dramatic reversals to vividly satirize the normalization of bribery, graft and moral decay across sectors like politics, academia and religion. By exposing the absurdities and contradictions inherent in corrupt practices, Osofisan's works are positioned as revolutionary instruments catalyzing critical consciousness against institutionalized oppression. Ultimately, the plays are situated as clarion calls for collective rejection of bourgeois dominance and a renewed commitment to transparency, accountability and ethical rectitude within Nigerian society.
