This essay focuses on the contributions of Ama Ata Aidoo to the development of Modern African Literature using The Dilemma of a Ghost as a case study. It looks at her use of language with emphasis on how a character’s… … Read the rest
Category: Essays
The Contribution of Traditional Culture to the Success of European Rule in Things Fall Apart
Apart from the superior military and economic strength of the Europeans, it is not an exaggeration to say that traditional culture also to some extent contributes to the success of European rule in Things Fall Apart. In the light of… … Read the rest
An Analysis of Negritudian Features of David Diop’s ‘Africa’ and Leopold Senghor’s ‘Night of Sine’
The poems selected for this analysis are ‘Night of Sine’ by Leopold Senghor and ‘Africa’ by David Diop. But before the analysis, it is pertinent to attempt a brief definition of the concept of Negritude as it relates to a… … Read the rest
Tempers and Concerns of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness towards Africa in the Modernist Period
The Early Modern Period started in 1900 and spans through 1939. The literature of this period is characterized by change. The change that started in Victorian era continued to the Early Modern. The change was basically in terms of permissive… … Read the rest
Stylistics Concepts of Dualism and Monism in Comparative Perspective
Dualism and Monism are both major approaches to the study of stylistics. These are ‘content’ and ‘form’. The form of a work of literature or texts generally refers to its “architectonic” (Osoba, 2001). It is the essential organizational structure or… … Read the rest
Portraiture of the Nigerian Conundrum in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame
Abstract This paper attempts reading Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to blame against the backdrop of the Nigerian dilemma in the contemporary times. The play first performed in the year 1968, in the heat of the Nigerian civil war… … Read the rest
Marxist Issues in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Going by the periods in the English literary history, Heart of Darkness can be classified as the novella of the Early Modern Period which started in 1900 and spanned through 1939. The literature of this period was characterized by change…. … Read the rest
How the Fiction of D. H. Lawrence Set the Tone for Twentieth Century English Values
This essay aims at examining critically D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover with a marked interest in discussing the novelist attempt to discontinuing with the past. Effort will also be made to examine the 20th century English literature with a… … Read the rest
How Stylistics is Relevant to Literature
This essay is an attempt to examine the relevance of stylistics to literature. It is therefore aimed at the definition of stylistics and literature, the relevance of literature to human life and ultimately, the relevance of stylistic to literature. The… … Read the rest
How Language is Used in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi
Born James Ngugi on January 5, 1938, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o has consciously become more than a writer of the three genres of literature. He is a revolutionist who has contributed immensely in restructuring African literature. As a master of his… … Read the rest