English and Literary Studies

173 works in English and Literary Studies

OGUN APOTHEOSIS AND THE CONTEXTS OF DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN OLOJO FESTIVAL OF ILE-IFE

ABSTRACT This research explores critically the context of dramatic performance in

WOMEN, CULTURE AND FEMINIST

ABSTRACT The roles that women are assigned are protected and enforced by the men

TRANSITIVITY IN SELECTED NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON FULANI HERDSMN ACTIVITIES

ABSTRACT Reports on Fulani herdsmen activities have occupied the news media. This

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN FICTION. A STUDY OF CHIKA UNIGWE’S ON BLACK SISTERS’ STREET AND IFEANYI AJAEGBO’S SARAH HOUSE

ABSTRACT Human trafficking is a global phenomenon, and in most cases, women are c

THE SUPERNATURAL IN AMOS TUTUOLA’S THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD AND MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS

ABSTRACT This research x-rays the existence of the supernatural and its role in r

A LINGUISTIC STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE BLACK BOY BY RICHARD WRIGHT

ABSTRACT The Black Boy by Richard Wright is an African American novel. It is ofte

UTOPIANISM IN ADAOBI NWAUBANI’S I DO NOT COME TO YOU BY CHANCE AND FESTUS IYAYI’S VIOLENCE

ABSTRACT This research examined itself with the contributions of two literary art

DUAL PERSONALITY IN YEJIDE KILANKO’S DAUGHTERS WHO WALK THIS PATH AND YVONNE VERA’S OPENING SPACES

ABSTRACT Women are often the victims of dual personality which various writers, i

CONTENDING INTERTEXTUAL TROPES IN AFRICAN LITERATURE: READING FROM TWO KENYAN TEXTS

ABSTRACT African writers have shown that literature can do more than just narrati

MOTHER TONGUE INTERFERENCE IN THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of mother tongue on students in their ef

MARITAL SUBJECTIVITY IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS AND NESHANI ANDREAS’ THE PURPLE VIOLET OF OSHAANTU

ABSTRACT Women are often the victims of domestic violence which male writers, in

INTERROGATING THE SOCIO-POLITICAL EQUATION OF LECTURER-STUDENTS’ RELATIONSHIP IN CLASSROOM SITUATIONS

ABSTRACT This study is to critically examine the socio-political equation of lect

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN TELEVISION SERIES – JENIFA’S DIARY

ABSTRACT Jenifa’s Diary is a film screened as a television program and has been p

Dante, Vergil and a New View of The Afterlife

This essay considers the ever changing notion of the Afterlife while exploring th

A Contrastive Analysis of the Tense System in Standard English and Nigerian Pidgin

This research work deals with the Contrastive Analysis of the Tense System in sta

Feminist Ethos and Regional Influence A Study of Buchi Emechetas Double Yoke and Lola Shoneyins The Secret Lives of Baba Segis Wives

Abstract This paper attempted a comparative and contrastive study of the Feminist

African Feminism/Womanism and Gender Complementarity in Ngugi wa Thiong'O’s Novels

This paper deploys the postulations of African womanism/feminism to examine gende

Effective Reading and Writing Tips

The attainment of mastery in reading and writing skills, for effective comprehens

Conflict as Content in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Conflict is an element of tragedy. The concept of tragedy right from the classica

Political and Moral Decay in the Drama of Emeka Nwabueze: A Reading of A Parliament of Vultures and Spokesman for the Oracle

Nigeria in few days from today will be fifty-five years existing as an independen

Social Criticism in Chimamanda Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck and E. C. Osondu’s Voice of America

ABSTRACT  Criticism deals with the interpretation of literary texts. The major co

ALIENATION: THE ESTRANGED NEGRO IN WRIGHT’S BIG BOY LEAVES HOME

ALIENATION: THE ESTRANGED NEGRO IN WRIGHT’S BIG BOY LEAVES HOME. … a feeling that

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN A RAISIN IN THE SUN BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN A RAISIN IN THE SUN BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY. This paper is

Womanhood and Identity in Lola Shoneyin THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGIS WIVES

In the past few decades, African women scholars have weighed in on significant is

Sophocles Oedipus rex: as a tool of understanding human psychology

Sophocles' universal classic, ever relevant to psychoanalysis in its continual de

THE CONCEPT OF HYBRIDITY IN WOLE SOYINKA’S DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN, THE STRONG BREED AND SAM UKALA’S IREDI WAR

ABSTRACT Modern African drama is a relatively new idea that emerged as a result o

HISTORICAL FLASHBACK

There is a thick connection between history and the future. History has a way of

THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Abstract  The late nineteen century saw a small group of the European powers invo

CROSS-GENDER JOURNEY MOTIF IN DANIEL BLACK’S THEY TELL ME OF AHOME AND YAA GYASI’S HOMEGOING

Abstract Representations of ‘Cross-Gender’ Journey motif means the marked differe

TEACHING AND LEARNING OF THE THEME OF CORRUPTION IN CHINUA ACHEBE'S "A MAN OF THE PEOPLE" IN SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ANAMBRA EAST L.G.A OF ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract The study dealt with the teaching and learning of the theme of corruptio