MILITARY POLITICS IN THE NIGERIAN NOVEL: A POSTCOLONIAL READING OF CHINUA ACHEBE’S ANTHILLS OF THE SAVANNAH AND HELON HABILA’S WAITING FOR AN ANGEL

ABSTRACT In Nigeria, the mid 1960s up until the later part of the 1990s marked a turning period in the nation‟s political landscape, mainly because…

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TERRORISM AND THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN NOVEL: A POSTMODERNIST APPRAISAL OF DON DELLILO’S FALLING MAN (2007) AND JOHN UPDIKE’S TERRORIST (2006)

ABSTRACT Terrorism centres on both the tactic and strategy to commit acts of violence. It is viewed as a method of combat. It is a…

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POWER AND CANON FORMATION AN INTERTEXTUAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF NIYI OSUNDARE’S POETRY ON RECENT NIGERIAN POETRY OF ENGLISH EXPRESSION

ABSTRACT This study examines the intertextual relationship between second generation Nigerian poets and the recent Nigerian poets from the perspectives of power relation and canon…

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PROJECTION OF THE GIRL-CHILD IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A STUDY OF SELECTED WORKS OF AKACHI ADIMORA-EZEIGBO AND MABEL SEGUN

ABSTRACT The thrust of this dissertation examines the projection of the girl-child in Nigerian children‟s literature, using Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo‟s The Prize and Seyi’s Strong Voice…

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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PRETEXT, TEXT AND CONTEXT IN THE STAGE PRODUCTION OF DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN

Abstract   Wole Soyinka has come to symbolise authority in Africa and world drama. His treatises and proclamations have attained such iconic reverence that his…

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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FOR CULTURAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF SOME SELECTED WORKS OF FATIMA AKILU

ABSTRACT In the Nigerian state lies the problem of unity ever since its existence. Overtime, the literary artists alongside other sectors have joined their voices…

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A MODERNIST APPRAISAL OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS AND CHINUA ACHEBE’S ANTHILLS OF THE SAVANNAH

ABSTRACT The modernist era as one of the epochs in literature has been attributed to the West by many people. Also, it is perceived that…

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A FEMINIST STUDY OF FLORA NWAPA’S ONE IS ENOUGH

Abstract The focus of this study is on the feminist theory of Flora Nwapa’s novels one is enough, analyzing from a feminist and dialogic perspective…

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IMAGERY AND SETTING IN AYI KWEI ARMAH’S THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN

Abstract This work introduces the major variable in this research topic as well as gives a brief background of the text adopted for critical analysis….

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SYMBOLS OF DECADENCE IN AYI KWEI ARMAH’S THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN

Abstract This work introduces the major variable in this research topic as well as gives a brief background of the text adopted for critical analysis….

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