A Peep into Modernist English Literature Modernism The Modernist Period in English Literature occupied the years from shortly after the beginning of the twentieth century through roughly 1965. In broad terms, the period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. Experimentation and individualism became virtues, … Read more
A Pragma Sociolinguistics Analysis of Slangs in Nigerian Hip-Hop Music Abstract The paper presents a Pragma Sociolinguistic analysis of anti-social themes found in some Nigerian Hip-hop music lyrics. Universally, utterances reliably reflect personality which is consequent upon what we listen to and what we read. The personality of an individual is shaped by their linguistic … Read more
A Pragmatic Analysis of Conversational Breach in Frank Ogodo’s Harvest of Corruption GENERAL INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Language is a means of communication between people in a community. According to Osisanwo (1), “it is the human vocal noise or the arbitrary graphic representation of this noise, used systematically and conventionally by members of a … Read more
A Study of Archetypes in Mel Gibson and Kunle Afolayan Films CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background to the Study Jung (1938, 1959) is the philosopher credited with founding what is today known as analytical philosophy, which is also referred to as Jungian philosophy. This philosophy espouses the concepts of extraversion and introversion, as well as … Read more
A Study of Conjuncts and Cohesion in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The interpretation of a text is tied to the ability of the readers to not just make sense of the individual lexicon but also draw a connection between the groups of words, phrases … Read more
A Study of Signs in Selected Films The Concept of Semiotics The term semiotics has been in use since the seventeenth century. Accounts that it was spelled semeiotics, and was first used in English by Henry Stubbes (1670:75) to precisely denote the branch of medical science relating to the interpretation of signs. Semiotics has its … Read more
A Stylistic Approach to Chimamanda Adichie’s Work A Case Study of Americanah ABSTRACT This project aims at investigating features of style in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah. It majorly focuses on identification of features of style in line with contemporary stylistics and the analysis of the same features through graphological, syntactic and semantic levels. The features under study include: … Read more
A Thematic Exploration, Adimora Ezeigbo’s Heat Songs and Evwierhoma’s Out of Hiding CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Although women play very significant roles in various spheres of Nigeria’s development, their contributions to the growth of the country are, often, not acknowledged or encouraged. For instance, the role of women in the development … Read more
An Analysis of Gender Relations in Zaynab Alkali’s the Virtuous Woman Abstract The human society exhibits nuances of conflicts overtly or covertly. Unfortunately, these conflicts permeate every strata even relationships. In the struggle for self actualisation and assertion by females, the study explores the gender relations in Zaynab Alkali’s The Virtuous Woman. Therefore, methodology for … Read more
An Analysis of Modernism on Christopher Okigbo’s Labyrinths, with Path of Thunder What is modernism? The Modernist Period in English Literature occupied the years from shortly after the beginning of the twentieth century through roughly 1965. In broad terms, the period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting … Read more