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The paper examines three Nigerian writers and argues that their selected works expose and condemn harsh social and political conditions across different historical periods of African society. Using a sociological approach to literary criticism, it frames literature as a tool for national reconstruction, enabling cooperation through information sharing and dissemination. 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Instead, it is a social institution; a form of tradition, which has existed for a long time and is accepted as a vital component of a given society to perform certain functions. In this paper, we see literature as a social reality, which presents the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be. In the selected literary works for this study, the three writers expose and condemn the harsh and hostile social and political realities which confront the African society at different periods of its evolution. Premised on sociological approach to literary criticism, this paper justifies that literature can be employed in working out national reconstruction being a tool that can make people co-operate with one another through information sharing and dissemination.  \nIntroduction  \nIn fairness, we do not castigate or oppose the art for art’s sake in totality. What we frown at is its narrow mindedness nature, which sees arts including literature as a close entity of its own. Faulting the closeness and, or autonomy of arts as claimed by the exponents and the practitioners of the art for art’s sake,(Berthoff, 1981, p. x-xi) remarks thus: “… literature itself has its own purpose and determinants… never wholly autonomous it draws its prime motives from deep within the common culture, the life experience of its producers in their time… but it never speaks for the totality of that culture”. In other words, arts, which literature is an integral part of, and the society which produces it have strong connection which cannot be automatically disassociated. The elements of fiction are found in non-fiction. Hence, no work of narration; drama, poetry or prose can be completely for its mere aesthetic value of beauty and just the purpose of entertainment. Literature or any work of art generally is not closed, independent or self-sufficient on its own. There is indeed a distinct rapport between literature and the milieu/environment where it is invented with the aim of performing some relevant functions.  \nLiterature is expressed in a given language since language is the major tenet of communication and the most outstanding feature which distinguishes man from other lower animals. Language is the vehicle, the context or the medium by which message content/information in any literature is been conveyed and disseminated to its publics. Language and literature therefore, are two inseparable kinds. (Wellek and Warren, 1968, p. 228) submit: “Literature is a social institution, using as its medium language, a social creation…Literature represents life and life is in large measure, a social reality, even though the natural world and the inner or subjective world of the individual have also been objects of literary imitation”. Adebayo Faleti’s BaşòrunGáà(1972); Wole Soyinka’s A Play of Giants (1984) and Tunde Fatunde’s La Calebasse Cassée (2002) provide corpus for this discussion. The three playwrights are Yorubas from the South-western part of Nigeria. The Yorubas, without sentiments, are the most educated and perhaps the most informed indigenous Africans by every calculation or standard. These selected writers; Adebayo Faleti, Wole Soyinka and Tunde Fatunde capture their experiences in Yoruba, English and French respectively for an all-round documentation and global dissemination of African literature. Although in different languages, the playwrights are able to mirror successfully the resemblance of African society in art not only for us to laugh but also to have a sober reflection over the actions and inactions of various periods in history with a view to pinning us to reason ou","cbCairZgVt0a1FIa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairZgVt0a1FIa","pdf",161440,"English","# Introduction\n# Theoretical framework\n# Discussion\n# References","[{\"question\":\"How does the paper define the relationship between literature and society?\",\"answer\":\"It treats literature as a social institution rooted in real social conditions, closely connected to the society that produces it, and not autonomous or self-sufficient.\"},{\"question\":\"Which critical approach does the paper use?\",\"answer\":\"It adopts sociological criticism, focusing on sociology of literature and how societal elements are represented in literary works.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does the paper claim literature can play in national reconstruction?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that literature can help people cooperate by sharing and disseminating information, thereby supporting positive social change, peace, unity, and sustainable development.\"}]","Literature as a Reflection on Socio-political Realities: An Examination of Three Nigerian Writers | PDF",1791323928]