RAL NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A FORMALIST STUDY OF AKACHI ADIMORA-EZEIGBO’S SELECTED WORKS

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dc.contributor.authorJOSHUA, Josephine
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-27T08:49:12Z
dc.date.available2021-08-27T08:49:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS (M.A.) IN ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractMost critical investigation carried out on Nigerian Children‟s Literature have either focused on the linguistic elements and thematic interpretation or the identification of structural motifs of the text. However, this dissertation examinesthe elements of oral narrative techniques in selected Nigerian Children‟s Literature, with special focus on Akachi Ezeigbo‟s children‟s narratives to demonstrate the extent to which and to what purpose they have been used in the texts. The research adopts the Formalist literary theory as its tool of analysis with the aim to investigate the effects of the supernatural, the magical, the talking animals and journey quest as fundamental elements of narrative techniques in Akachi‟s Asa and the Little Stream (2004), The Adventure of Anum the Tortoise (2006), Whisker the Brave Cat (2005), Snake Child and Star Baby (2005), Ezezemale and the Tree Spirits (2006), Red One and the Wizard of Mula (2005) and Fire from the Holy Mountain (2007). The work also adopts the qualitative research methodology in which non-statistical mode of data collection and analysis is applied, thereby relying on books, journal articles, library materials and internet sources. The study argues that the supernatural, the magical, talking animals, and journey quest are all elements of oral narrative techniques deployed in children‟s texts to achieve thematic, didactic, structural, and aesthetic purpose(s), not only in Nigerian children‟s narratives but also in all other forms of literary works. Thus, the research finds that the supernatural, magical, talking animals and journey quest are oral narrative techniques deployed in texts under study.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12599
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRAL NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE,en_US
dc.subjectFORMALIST STUDY,en_US
dc.subjectAKACHI ADIMORA-EZEIGBO’S SELECTED WORKS.en_US
dc.titleRAL NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: A FORMALIST STUDY OF AKACHI ADIMORA-EZEIGBO’S SELECTED WORKSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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