Haddis Alemayehu As A Social Critic

An understanding of a writer ' s socio- political milieurnis essential for the ove r all ::tp;')reci;:,tion of his work . Thernsocio-p olitical milieu th ~ t surrounds a writer is the sourcernof the content m8.tter he uses. It 2.1so explains whv a g ivenrnauthor reB.cts as he does tr; his enviromnE'nt.rnThe reactions to a given soc ia-political mil ieu canrnbe expressed in ths form of satire. Haddis Alemavehu a lsornused satire to critioize his society . 30cj~1, political,rnreligious and moral crib CiSl~!S ~r(: some of the major themGsrnthat recur in his work.rnAuthors in f';eneral ap:)caJ:' to t ake a posit i ve andrnprogressive stand. But 8. cle,se anCtl'(sis 0f their works revealsrnsome of them as being hplf-he::t rted i~ their dedication forrnthe welfare of the oppressed m8SSCS. Some , like HaddisrnAlernayehu, want a grD.dual ch.:n[;e ,:ic.h"ut uprooting thernestablished system .rn'rhe seemingly clear casire for chan!".e can be seen inrnt h e works of many authors. Hovievcr, t rw "ray they So aboutrnthat change ano what they vlant to replace in the chanfcedrnsystems become vague and hazy as one looks closely into theirrnwork's . Thev tend to forfTet (;h(! 0') jecti ve realities and 'becomernutopians . Raddi s "',lemayehu is ('He of them.

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