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Characterization And Symbolism In Olu Obafemi’s Wheels And Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s A Grain Of Wheat
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1.1 PURPOSE OF STUDY
This project work is aimed at
exploring the ways in which characters and symbols contributed to the
discovery of insights and meanings in Olu Obafemi’s Wheels and Ngugi Wa
Thiongo’s A Grain of Wheat.
§ It is also to understand the concept of characters and symbols by the writers.
§ To promote the knowledge of significance of characterization and symbolism among the students
§ And also to make the text easier to understand.
1.2 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
project work focuses on the study of two texts of prominent African
writers; it is based on the way characterization and symbolism are being
used and how the writers were able to achieve these in their text
chosen Olu Obafemi’s Wheels and Ngugi Wa Thiong’s A Grain of Wheat.
1.3 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY
The two texts studied give us different style used by the writes on
characterisation and symbolism. Though, there have been some work on the
style, language, characters and symbolism on the two texts being used
in this project work, but the authors are from two different countries.
So comparing their works expose the level of degeneration in every
country in Africa. So this research work is a contribution to review
characterisation and symbolism.
1.4 METHODOLOGY
The study
concerned itself with characterisation and symbolism in Olu Obafemi’s
Wheels and Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s A Grain of Wheat and it relied on the
close textual reading. Also consulted are textbooks, handbooks and other
document relating to the two texts with a critical examination of the
texts which also serve as a main source of information. Also, the
sourceinclude visiting the website (Internet). The approach used by the
author is the Marxist approach.
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