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A Stylistic Analysis Of Selected Christopher Okigbo’s Socio-political Poetry
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CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This
chapter serves as general introduction and includes background to the
study, the statement of the problem, as well as the scope and
delimitation of the study. Also, included in chapter one are the aim and
objectives of the study, significance of the study, limitations of the
study as well as the research design and a definition of terms.
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Language
use by individuals differs from one person to the other. This is
because of the differences in language ability. Stylistics is a
borderline discipline between language and literature. It focuses on
language use in both literary and non-literary texts. Stylistics
is also concerned with the study of the language of literature or the
study of the language habits of particular authors and their writing
patterns. Therefore, it can be said to be the study of style. Style on
its own has been defined differently be scholars. According to Leech and
Short (15), style is the cover of our feelings and it is the tool of
the writer to transfer the message to readers. Leech further says “style
proclaims the man†(11), that is, there is an intimate relationship
between the choice of language and the author’s personality. Haynes
defines it as “the study of style is the study of differences†(3).
This further drives home the point that our choice of diction
differentiates us from others.
Language gives the reader a new
perspective on familiar themes and allows us to look at them without the
personal or social conditioning that we unconsciously associate with
them (Widdowson 9). So, although the reader may still use the same
exhausted words and vague terms like ‘love’, ‘heart’ and ‘soul’ to refer
to human experience, to place these words in a new and refreshing
context allows the poet the ability to represent humanity and
communicate honestly. This, in part, is stylistics, and this, according
to Widdowson, is the point of poetry (76).
Every writer’s works can
have a great influence on fore coming literary works even though their
purpose is the same. This is because writers do not have the same
approach when it comes to language. That is why one person’s style can
be different from another. Thus, this work will focuses on “A Stylistic
analysis of selected Christopher Okigbo’s socio-political poetryâ€.This
aims at revealing what has made Okigbo so popular in the literary world
despite his short life.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Style is the manifestation of one’s personality. Every writer has a natural, linguistic and idiosyncratic way of expressing ideas that leads to the identification of style with man and his thought. The manipulation of words by a writer creates a distinct style through which he/she reaches out to the audience. This research work focused on a stylistic analysis of selected socio-political poems of Christopher Okigbo. This aims at identifying Okigbo’s unique use of language. Stylometr ... Continue reading---
