期刊名称：Journal of Post-Colonial Cultures & Societies
印刷版ISSN：1948-1845
电子版ISSN：1948-1853
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：4
出版社：Wright State University
摘要：Society has always been developed by conservatives and the progressives under differing ideologies. Usually both hold to diverse mythic traditions which influence their world-views. This is extremely reflected in 'Zulu Sofola's Wedlock of the Gods. The two main characters (and a few others) become epitomes of an ideology wanting development while others demand maintaining the status quo. This struggle becomes depicted in the mourning archetype and the mythic taboo-breaking issue that nearly tears the people apart along with far-reaching implications for the individuals and the community. Heroism is accessed by the record-breaking but negatively regarded actions of the heroes. Each character becomes a mythic symbol in this examination of a community's struggle for development superimposed on the positioning theory. This paper adjudges that a society can progress when individuals make personal sacrifices through the acting out of their beliefs thereby effecting changes in mythic stories, symbols and meanings to reflect and affect on-going sociological realities
