STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEMS Taking the existing criticism as a starting point, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison explores how Pecola, the black protagonist, becomes a representati”e of whole world’s marginal, neglected childhood and resultant devastation of individual talents.She suffers throughout her life negligence of parents, deprivation of love in the past, and madness […]
Continue ReadingTHE SOCIETY AND THE GIRL CHILD IN THE BLUEST EYE BY TONI MORRISON AND KAINE AGARYS YELLOW YELLOW CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION According to Cambridge dictionary, society is defined as a particular community of people who share the same customs, law etc. It is also defined as the state of being with other people. (1129). […]
Continue ReadingANALYSIS OF SELECTED INAUGURAL SPEECHES OF NIGERIAN CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADS OF STATE ABSTRACT This work centered on Critical Discourse Analysis of Selected Inaugural Speeches of Nigerian Civilian and Military Heads of State. Critical Discourse Analysis is an indispensable tool in exploring opaque language uses that are assumed by writers as part of the background […]
Continue ReadingA STUDY OF THE MISUSE OF ADVERBS IN THE WRITTEN ENGLISH OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ABSTRACT The study “A Study of the Misuse of Adverbs in The Written English of the Undergraduate of the Kogi State University, Ayingba” was carried out to determine the major areas of difficulty experienced by the one hundred (100) level students […]
Continue ReadingA Comparative Analysis Of Helon Habila’s Oil On Water And Femi Osofisan’s Women Of Owu Abstract: Women in the African past, contrary to being domesticated were not only achievers in their own right but also pillars of society. A voyage into African and especially Nigerian history gives a picture of outstanding women who contributed to […]
Continue ReadingWomen And The Nature Of Liberation In Africa,A Study Of Helon Habila’s Oil On Water And Femi Osofisan’s Women Of Owu CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study The issue of themes in Osofisan’s and Helon Habila works are diversified and it is in this diversity that women find relevance. It would be wrong […]
Continue ReadingVIEWS OF FEMI OSOFISAN ON WAR AND ITS EFFECTS ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN CHAPTER ONE/GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction This study titled “A discussion of the effects of war and on women and children using Femi Osofisan’s Women of Owu is intended to elaborate on the issues concerning the impact of war on citizens in the society. In […]
Continue ReadingAward-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has successfully bagged another top award by the UN Foundation Global Leadership. Chimamanda who has gotten over 16 awards since 2002 has been honored with the Global Leadership Award by the UN Foundation Global Leadership. She was recognized at the “We the Peoples,” the 2019 UN Foundation’s Global Leadership Dinner, […]
Continue ReadingSummary of the Novel Trafficked is a novel that deals with the issues of human trade, that is, women trafficking through a series of reminiscences. Nneoma, the leading female character in the novel shows the trauma that goes with human trafficking; the deceit, the lies, the cons, and the slavery or servitude that goes hand […]
Continue ReadingAbstract This Study analyses and discusses the pragmatically negation in selected U.S and Nigerian presidential speeches. It first examined the process of speaking as a form of intimated and supportive relationship that serves as cement that holds friendships, families, communities, societies and government together. The focus is on political discourse which is closely related to […]
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