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A Stylistic Analysis Of Selected Niyi Osundare’s Socio-political Poetry
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1.2 English Language in Nigeria
Nigerians had contact with
English language as far back as 1553. Through colonization, the colonial
masters attacked Lagos in 1861, they entrenched Ilorin in 1920 and
though the northern part were very strong, they were later captured in
1900 and by 1914, the amalgamation of Nigeria took place .Ever since
then , through colonialization, constitution , commerce, christianity
and trans-atlantic slave trade, English language was robbed into the
language system of Nigeria and has captured a very pertinent role in the
intra and international communicative system of Nigeria.
According
to Tomori (1981) cited in Babatunde (2001, p.105-108) “It (English
Language) has been with us for about one hundred and thirty years. Hence
it has become our second language.†English Language at present serves
virtually all the functions of language in Nigeria. It serves as the
language of intra and inter ethnic communication, language of education,
commerce, entertainment, science and technology, international
relations, literature .Just to mention a few. At present in Nigeria, if
not objected by some illiterate, English is indeed a blessing in
Nigeria.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This research is basically on
stylistics, to engage stylistics as a branch of linguistics and to study
and analyze the characteristics of situational distinctive use of
language with referent to Niyi Osundare‘s selected socio political
poems, also to show the functional significance and the interpretation
of the poems.
1.4 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY
In an attempt to
study stylistics and use it as a linguistic tool of analysis, many
writers have embarked no stylistics .Example is “A stylistic analysis of
Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu’s coup speech 1996†by Moses Alo and
Igbwebuka Ebuka ; rhetorical concise, Syntactic features, Declarative
mood and acts Referring expressions and lexico-semantic features were
all used in analyzing the coup speech. In this research, the importance
of writers cannot be over-emphasized because through their literary
piece, many socio-political ills in our society have been discussed and
possible solutions have been proffered to them. In view of these, there
exists a great need to examine the use of language by these writers
whose literary works have done a lot in shaping our society.
Selected
poems of Niyi Osundare’s as one of the prominent writer whose
socio-political poems have gone a long way in addressing societal ills
will be subjected to analysis in order to show the style and the
aesthetic use of language Osundare has used in his socio-political
poems.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Language is a vital medium through which human beings express themselves. It is used by its speakers to achieve diverse purposes such as reprimanding, encouraging, admiring, and persuading. Writers also use language to achieve their purposes and it is observed that their writings are attention catching, and thought provoking.It is against this background that a stylistic analysis of selected socio-political poems of Niyi Osundare was conducted to discover their constituent which ... Continue reading---
