ABSTRACT The socio-cultural patterns of the twenty first-century have increased people‘s mobility across the planet. The cultural complexities and interactions that these combined factors generate seem to foster an emerging transcultural orientation. Literature is a mirror of the society and these patterns have not eluded literary writers. Both physical and metaphoric manifestations of dislocation exist in literary works. By way of characterisation and manipulation of a variety of stylistic...
ABSTRACT Death is a very heavy and an emotional subject. Depiction of death in various genre of literature is vast and varied. In poetry, death is depicted in a unique language which draws attention and touches the feelings of the audience. Poetry uses short form of language and rhythimic pattern which attracts and holds the attention of the audience during performance through singing, reading and recitation. Several studies on the aspect of death in Swahili poetry have been on dirges while i...
ABSTRACT This study investigates Marjorie Oludhe’s portrayal of male image in Coming to Birth and The Present Moment. Of primary influence to the study is that little attention has been given to the analysis of women’s writings in relation to the representation of male image even as the male characters are used as a foil to articulate the experiences of women which has risked perpetuating the derogatory views of women as victims and men as agents of social ills. The literary devices have ...
ABSTRACT Literature and history represent the morphing of social, political and cultural realities. The two employ similar techniques so that in a subtle sense literature is really an artistic reflection of history. The historical process is captured and transformed by literature. Miguna Miguna’s Peeling Back the Mask and Kidneys for the King have been dismissed by historians, the literati and even the common Kenyan as unworthy of academic pursuit. The commentators argue that being a barris...
ABSTRACT Children’s righ t to participate in cultural and artistic life is enshrined in policy documents yet in practice, it is only considered when other basic rights have been fulfilled. Theatrical genres in ECD are privileged mainly for their functional values rather than artis tic merits. Analyses of literary genres dominate scholarly works with less regard for the dynamics of performance which characterize indigenous theatre and children’s artistic culture. With a focus on Ugenya Sub...
ABSTRACT Poor performance in English in Secondary Schools in Kenya has been a long time problem. This acts as a hindrance for learners to join institutions of higher learning since most courses offered in these institutions require one to have passed in the subject. For the last five years, Emuhaya Sub County has been posting low mean scores in English. Between 2013 and 2017, the sub county posted an average mean score of 4.26 compared to its neighbor Hamisi with an average mean of 4.51. Stud...
ABSTRACT The role of television in human endeavours has significantly heightened in the recent past. Lately, the media has assumed the role of the traditional story teller. Narratologists readily acknowledge the narrative qualities of fairy tales, novels, epic poems and films. These narrative forms incorporate various thematic concerns, literary aspects and other narrative ingredients. What television football commentary shares with film and other narrative forms is the ability to present eve...
ABSTRACT The study explores the enactment of black masculinities as represented across time in Black Thunder, Black Boy, The Third Life of Grange Copeland and Song of Solomon. Two theoretical frameworks have been used, namely Black Marxism and Connell’s masculinity theory. Male writers’ portrayal of black male characters has been analysed using both Black Marxism and Connell’s (1995) theory of masculinity. However, femalewriters’ representations of black males do not show elements of ...
Architecture is a social form of art while literature can either be written or verbal form of art. Reflecting on the literature of a particular region can help to better understand the fundamental basics of the architecture of such region. Just as the Architecture of a region is a reflection of the people’s culture and way of life, Literature more often than not is also a written or verbal documentation of life experiences and narratives that may cut across culture, lifestyle, traditions, a...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the writings of Alain Mabanckou, the giant Congolese literary writer for mystification and demystification as a trope he employs in his writings. It was guided by two theoretical underpinnings which are Roland Barthes‘ perspectives on myth: myth as a type of speech and myth as a semiological system. It was also guided by the post-colonial theory with leanings on Homi Bhabha‘s Hybridity, Mimicry and Ambivalence. Three specific objectives guided this study....
IKISIRI Utafiti huu ulichunguza ujitokezaji wa ufutuhi katika nyimbo za sherehe za unyago wa Wazaramo kwa kuangalia utumizi na dhima zake kwa hadhira. Dhana ya ufutuhi imefasiliwa kuwa ni hali furaha, ucheshi, kicheko au tabasamu itokanayo na vijenzi mbalimbali. Vijenzi vya ufutuhi vilivyomakinikiwa katika utafiti huu ni kejeli, vijembe, dhihaka, na balagha. Utafiti ulifanyika uwandani na maktabani ambapo data za utafiti zilikusanywa na baadaye kuchambuliwa na kuwasilishwa kwa njia ya ufafanu...
The success of a poem is dependent on multifarious elements that may be able to maneuver texts success and fame. This particular poem that is now possessing a status of a classic poem. Observing the rhyming patterns the use of diction the beautiful language in which La De Mare has clothed the whole poetry is phenomenal and impressive. As a matter of fact any text that wants acclamation and acknowledgement by majority of its reader has to build it in such a way that it has a charismatic appeal...
Question: Which instruments of oppression the state of Oceana uses against its subjects? Do they qualify as traits of dystopian fiction? ANSWER 1: This novel is written by George Orwell. And actually he was a person who even rejected his English background conveying the message that he had some ideological differences with the European perception. This novel used realistic themes, there was poverty and dictatorship in the country. When state uses such methods as dictators do in military and...
BRIEF SUMMARY OF ANGLO-SAXON
ABSTRACT In 1835, Auguste Conte, in his treatise on The Positive Philosophy, stated that “the essence of God’s wisdom in creating Eve (woman) was not to undermine Adam (man) but to establish a balancing force between the creator and the created.It is, therefore, a truism that a woman is, by the very fact of her creation, a partner of man. It is unfortunate that the men folk have seen it fit to relegate women to an ignominious position. However, in an effort to redeem the situation, women...