LITERATURE JOURNAL

LITERATURE JOURNAL 1

Moawad .N.M.I.2016. A study of Wole Soyinka’s play the Lion and the Jewel in the light of cultures in conflict. International Journal of English and literature.Vol 7/12 (p:179-188)

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The study examined the conflict between cultures in Nigeria and western society as represented in Wole Soyinka’s play the Lion and the Jewel. The result of the study shows that Soyinka manages to reflect to the world that dominated culture is the traditional one besides reflecting the view of the world, beliefs, and condition cultures. Based on the text this study used qualitative descriptive method that data from wole Soyinka’s play the lion and the jewel. Soyinka depicts the post colonial Africa, where modernity and traditions are in constant conflict. The focus of this study was to demonstrate how Soyinka uses characters, themes, and plot to investigate    the conflict between cultures

LITERATURE JOURNAL 2


Akanmode.O.A.2016. Socio-political satire in Femi Osofisan’s Many Colours Make the Thunder-King. International Journal of English and literature.Vol 7/9(p:152:158)

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This study examined Nigeria’s situation by focusing on the identifiable traditional aesthetics deployed in Many Colours Make the Thunder-King as a means of satirizing Nigerian leaders and also for possible re-construction of their characters towards enhancement of a better society. This qualitative data research evaluated the African oral aesthetics deployed in Osofian’s many colours make the Thunder-king with the aim of satirizing the unpleasant social political situation in Nigeria and also proffering possible solutions her leader. According the researcher said that the oral literature is not usually considered as a possible means of solving the social and economic challenges encountered in African countries, it is become reason why he observed this subject. The researcher concluded and recommended that Nigerian leaders should go back to their traditional roots to seek the basis for economic, political and social innovation and progress if they are to succeed in developing the country 



LITERATURE JOURNAL3


Gogoi.Sikhamoni.2014.Looking at ‘Modern India’ IN Mark Tully’s NO FULL STOPS IN INDIA and NON- STOP INDIA. International Journal of English and literature.Vol.5/9, p(226-231)

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This research was about Looking at ‘Modern India’ in Mark Tully’s no full stops in India and non-stop India. The aim of this paper is to analyse how India has been pictured in these stories. The significance reason why the author researches this are for two reasons – firstly, that these stories come from the pen of an author who is not an Indian but British by birth; and secondly, because the author claims that in these stories, ‘Indians do as much of the speaking as possible. The result of this study shows that the researcher believes of this paper should contribute to define India’s present reality in a new light, which can be further researched into. The methodology used in this paper is mainly analytical, and combines tools of postcolonial theory and ideological criticism.