English Language Research Papers/Topics

THE SOCIOLOGICAL INDICES OF AFRICAN DRAMA: A STUDY OF WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY: A LAGOSIAN KALEIDOSCOPEAND OLU OBAFEMI’S SCAPEGOATS AND SACRED COWS

ABSTRACT A persisting tendency in African Drama has remained a careful evaluation and a critical analysis of the African society for the purpose of heralding the cultural virtues and attacking the vices prevalent in the African society for a general social transformation. Drama has been defined as the mimesis of life on stage before a given audience and a replication of the human society on stage. Therefore the purpose of this research is to highlight and discuss in details the sociological ...

THE OSUN OSOGBO FESTIVAL: ITS FUNCTIONS AND AESTHETICS

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page Certification Dedication Acknowledgements Table of contents CHAPTER ONE 1.1   Introduction 1.2   The Concept of Aesthetics in the Osun Osogbo Festival 1.3   Purpose of study 1.4   Scope of study 1.5   Methodology 1.6   Justification CHAPTER TWO 2.1   The concept of oral literature 2.2   The Origin of Osun Osogbo River 2.3   The Osun Festival CHAPTER THREE 3.1    The Aesthetics in the Osun Osogbo Festival 3.1.1  Drums 3.1.2  Dance 3.1.3  Costumes 3....

THE LANGUAGE OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SOME SELECTED PENTECOSTAL DENOMINATIONS

ABSTRACT This study is an examination of the language of Christian religion with particular reference to the Roman Catholic Church and Pentecostal denominations. Chapter one embodies the introduction to the study, the objective of the work, its scope and delimitation, a brief origin of Christian religion, and that of the two denominations. Chapter two is a brief review of the related literature. Chapter three brings out the features of the language of Christian religion; the lexical, grammat...

THE EXPERIENCE OF AFRICANS IN DIASPORA USING TEJU

ABSTRACT African Diasporic writers have written on the experiences and social dilemma faced in their homeland and in the foreign land. It is thus against this background that this research work is based. Thus the major intention of this essay is to highlight the homeland issues and experiences of Diaspora and attendants vices that have been the major preoccupation of Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in their works. This work will not only highlight but also unfolds what Africans go thr...

SYMBOLS AND IMAGES AS POETIC TECHNIQUES IN SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY, THE EXAMPLE OF DENNIS BRUTUS AND OSWALD MBUYISENI MTSHALI

ABSTRACT This study examines the use of symbols and images as poetic techniques in South African poetic writing. The poems seek to address the issues of socio-political injustice, apartheid, oppression and man’s inhumanity to man in the society, a kind of counter – attacking the apartheid system of the South African society, which allows for inequalities and abject poverty of a section of the society while the other section thrives in affluence. At the end we discover how Denni...

STUDY OF POLITICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER USING Tanure Ojaide's THE ACTIVIST & Okey Ndibe's ARROW OF RAIN

TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE 1.0INTRODUCTION   1.1Definition of Terms 1.2Statement of the Problem 1.3Aim and Objectives 1.4Significance of the study 1.5Scope of Research 1.6Research Methodology CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTER THREE THE ACTIVIST BY TANURE OJAIDE CHAPTER FOUR ARROWS OF RAIN BY OKEY NDIBE CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION SUGGESTIONS 5.1 SUMMARY Conclusion WORKS CITED

SATIRE AND SOCIAL MEDIATION IN WOLE SOYINKA'S: A CASE STUDY OF THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO AND A PLAY OF GIANTS

ABSTRACT This research endeavour focuses on the social and political ills prevalent in the African societies with the view of correcting them thus, making the contemporary society a better place to live. Using two texts from renowned Nigeria writer, we see the economic, social and political evils which morally degrade our society and the community at last. These evils are being satirized to bring about transformation. Here, the sociological approach is employed. The quota sampling system is ...

RACISM AND OPPRESSION IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE: AN EXAMPLE OF RICHARD WRIGHT'S BLACK BOY

ABSTRACT It is known fact that racism and oppression are one of the major issues in Black American literature. This study will attempt to make readers realize these themes in Richard Wright’s Black Boy by analyzing the concept of racial segregation of Black in America. We will examine the historical perspective of Black writing narrative and the effects of racism and oppression, which include poverty, hunger assault etc. and the ways through which the blacks reacted to racism. We can ...

PREDOMINANT STYLIST USED BY Ngugi Wa Thiong'o in WIZARD OF THE CROW

INTRODUCTIONLanguage is the distinctive quality unique to man. It is what enables man to express him/herself and communicate with his/her fellow man, and it is acquired naturally. According to Fromkin et al “…language is the source of human life and power” (3). They also state that “we use language to convey information to others…, ask questions…, give command…, and express wishes” (173).  There are two specific media of using language: oral – which is by words of mouth; an...

Perspectives on Colonialism: A Study of Alex La Guma’s “A Walk in the Night” and R.K Narayan’s “A Horse and Two Goats”.

Abstract The spread of colonial empire was introduced in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by the American Revolutionary war and the Latin American wars of independence. Colonialism is the policy of acquiring and maintaining colonies, especially for exploitation. Colonialism therefore will be examined in Alex La Guma's A Walk in the Night and R.K Narayan's A Horse and Two Goats. They both showcase the ailments of colonialism in their respective works. Apartheid in South Afric...

LEXICO – SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF VIEWPOINT COLUMN OF PUNCH NEWSPAPER

ABSTRACT Facts have been established by researchers and they justify that the English used in Nigeria is a variation of the British English (BE) and not a deviation from the norms of BE. This is an attempt to investigate the extent to which Nigerian columnists use the lexico-semantic features of Nigerian English for their reportings. This work has adopted the lexico-semantic variation of Nigerian English as identified by Babatunde (2001) as our working parameters alongside our data which are...

LANGUAGE USE AND STYLE, AS A DEPICTION OF AFRICAN LITERATURE: AN EXAMPLE OF WOLE SOYINKA’S DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN.

ABSTRACT The continued domination of English language in the African world especially in the literary field has caused various doubts on what could be termed the African literature. Therefore, purpose of this research is to identify, how African writers have used language and style of writing to depict their continental identity in works of art. Researches have established that the some parts of Africa had their literatures (either oral and or written) long before some parts of Europe. There...

Language in Feminist Literature (a Study of Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter)

TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of Study Statement of the Problem Objective of the study Significance of the Study Scope of the Study Research Methodology CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW Language and Feminism CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY CHAPTER FOUR Female Characteristic Language Use in So Long a Letter CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION WORKS CITED BOOKS INTRODUCTIONThe struggle for women’ right began in the 18th century during the period of intense intelle...

IMAGES OF SOCIAL VICES IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN POETRY: A STUDY OF DENJA ABDULLAHI’S MAIROGO AND JIDE BALOGUN’S THE DESERT IN THE RIVER

ABSTRACT As a result of social vices in our immediate environments this research work aims at bringing out how contemporary writers have reacted to the bad happening in the society, especially using Denja Abdullahi’s Mairogo and Jide Balogun’s The Desert in the river using sociological theory to investigate social vice that were present in the two texts and it is discovered that poetry is used as a means of achieving an egalitarian society.   TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENT  PAGE Ti...

GENDER IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CRISES IN IFEOMA OKOYE'S BEHIND THE CLOUDS AND MEN WITHOUT EARS

ABSTRACT Academic exploration into gender issues in literature and culture has taken a new dimension. The trends in writings and discourses have been to observe the female sex at domestic background. The roles played by the women as mothers, sisters, custodian, home managers, family maintainers are enumerated through character portrayal in literature. Also, female writers have gone beyond exposing the inequality among females and males in the society as they have started exposing the ills of...


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