THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CULTURAL CRITICISM: A CASE STUDY OF NAZIRU MUHAMMAD’S POETRY
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CULTURAL CRITICISM: A CASE STUDY OF NAZIRU MUHAMMAD’S POETRY
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2019-12
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MUSA, Ibrahim
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This Dissertation entitled: “THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CULTURAL CRITICISM:
A CASE STUDY OF NAZIRU MUHAMMAD’S POETRY” is an attempt to study some
cultural patterns that hide under the cloak of aesthetic of Naziru’s Poetry. Cultural
Criticism is considered as one of the most important modern literary Criticism in
the field of textual studies, trying to look at the literary text through the historical
and Cultural context, by considering it as a cultural incidence which summarizes
concepts, behaviors and practices that accompany the creative journey of the
text. The importance of the research could be observed from the fact that no any
previous research was presented about the poet. However, the theory applied in
analyzing the poems has been considered relatively as a new theory in literary
analysis. The research methodology consists of descriptive and inductive methods
in analyzing the Cultural phenomenon. The research however has given the
biography of the poet, as well as the historical background of Cultural Criticism
that has been discussed in Chapter three. In Chapter Four the research has
analyzed some Cultural patterns and phenomenon that appeared in the
selected poems of Nazir Muhammad. In conclusion, the content of the research
has been summarized and the research findings show that the poet’s ability to
describe his imagination was through his linguistic background that he acquired,
which could be seen from the light of using rich vocabularies in the collection of
his poetry. In addition to that, some cultural patterns that appeared in his elegy
have shown many beliefs what was known in Arab society. Nevertheless, some
stylistic features such as Repetition, and Intertextuality and other technical
constructions that appeared in Naziru’s poetry could be a subject for another
research.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE
IN ARABIC LITERATURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
THEORY AND PRACTICE,, CULTURAL CRITICISM,, CASE STUDY,, NAZIRU MUHAMMAD’S POETRY