English and Literary Studies

173 works in English and Literary Studies

FEMINIST AESTHETICS IN OLA ROTIMI’S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN AND FEMI OSOFISAN’S MOROUNTODUN

ABSTRACT  Feminism as a concept gained approval the help of some male feminist wr

FOLKLORE AND THE QUEST FOR RE-INVENTION A STUDY OF WOLE SOYINKA’S DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN AND HOPE EGHAGHA’S DEATH NOT A REDEEMER

ABSTRACT Folklore as an aspect of the African oral tradition has been traced to t

GENDER ISSUES IN AKACHI ADIMORA EZEIGBO’S TRAFFICKED AND ZAYNAB ALKALI’S THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN

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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

MAGIC POETRY: A STUDY OF ARUGBA INVOCATION IN OSUN OSOGBO FESTIVAL

ABSTRACT  Oral literature is an unwritten relation that encapsulates African valu

MOTHER TONGUE INTERFERENCE IN ENGLISH NEWS CAST: A CASE OF A KWARA TELEVISION NEWS

ABSTRACT Language and man are inseparable and since the languages of the world co

ORATURE IN MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE USING: WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY

ABSTRACT The contemporary African Literature is believed to be a revolutionary li

POLITICS AND AESTHETICS IN SELECTED PLAYS OF WOLE SOYINKA (#2340)

ABSTRACT This study has been embarked upon to present the politics and aesthetics

RACISM AND AESTHETICS IN ALEX LA GUMA’S A WALK IN THE NIGHT AND PETER ABRAHAMS’ MINE BOY (#2254)

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RELIGION AND MORALITY IN JOHN UPDIKE’S ‘A&P’ AND SALMAN RUSHDIE’S ‘THE PROPHET’S HAIR’.

ABSTRACT Religion and morality, considered as two inseparable entities, are centr

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 prevale

SATIRE IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN POETRY: A STUDY OF TAYO OLAFIOYE’S A CARNIVAL OF LOOTERS AND MUSA I. OKPANACHI’S THE EATERS OF THE LIVING

ABSTRACT This study is based on Satire in contemporary Nigeria Poetry, using The

SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF NIYI OSUNDARE’S THE EYE OF THE EARTH

ABSTRACT This study proposes to bring out the social relevance of Niyi Osundare’s

SOCIO-POLITICAL MOTIFS IN NIYI OSUNDARE’S THE EYE OF THE EARTH AND VILLAGE VOICES

ABSTRACT Literary scholars believed that literature serves as one of the viable t

SYNTACTIC AND LEXICO-SEMANTIC ANALYSES OF SELECTED SMS TEXT MESSAGES AMONG THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN STUDENTS

ABSTRACT Words form the basis for a Linguistic analysis at any level of language

THE IMPACT OF YORUBA LANGUAGE ON THE SPOKEN ENGLISH OF STUDENTS (INDIGENES) OF ILORIN (TOWNSHIP)

ABSTRACT This study has set out to find the influence of Yoruba Language on the s

THE MYTHOLOGICAL ICONS IN AMOS TUTUOLA THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD

ABSTRACT This project explores the Amos Tutuola’s Palm – Wine Drinkard in terms o

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA AS IN THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD BY BUCHI EMECHETA

ABSTRACT This thesis is concerned with feminist aesthetics carving out the mother

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

THEMATIC EXPLORATION OF BUCHI EMECHETA THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AND SECOND CLASS CITIZEN

ABSTRACT This long essay is a thematic exploration of Buchi Emechata’s The Joys o

THEMES AND IMAGERY IN SELECTED ROMANTIC POEMS

ABSTRACT This study is set out to analyze the themes and use of imagery of the Ro

TRADITIONAL AESTHETICS TRANSFER AND THE AFRICAN NOVELISTS: A STUDY OF ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART AND LAYE’S THE AFRICAN CHILD

ABSTRACT African novelists draw their raw materials from different sources, some

UTOPIANISM AND CHARATERISATION IN AMINATA SOWFALL’S THE BEGGER’S STRIKE AND SEMBENE OUSMANE’S XALA

INTRODUCTIONThough a lot of people have written Utopianism and characterization,