NAZARI A KAN MUTUNTAKA DA ADABI: TASIRIN ABUBAKAR IMAM A MAGANA JARI CE (Personality and Literature: A Study of Abubakar Imam in Magana Jari Ce)
NAZARI A KAN MUTUNTAKA DA ADABI: TASIRIN ABUBAKAR IMAM A MAGANA JARI CE (Personality and Literature: A Study of Abubakar Imam in Magana Jari Ce)
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2013-03
Authors
HASSAN, Shu’aibu
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Abstract
By tradition, Hausa literary critics study theme, style and plot of Hausa literary
works. This type of criticism, which focuses works of art on the bases of their
message or style, is formalistic in nature. Of recent, Hausa literary scholars
have began exploring other canon of literary criticism.
This research, entitled “Nazarin a kan Mutuntaka da Adabi: Tasirin Abubakar
Imam a Magana Jari Ce” (Personality and Literature: A Study of Abubakar
Imam in Magana Jari Ce), is based on applying M.H. Abrams’ (1953)
Expressive Theory of literary criticism. The theory shows that works of art are
seen as a reflection of the personality of the writer. Issues relating to political,
religious, philosophical and so on opininons of the writer are considered very
important in his writings.
The work is divided into five chapters. Chapter One consists of general
introduction, where the research problem, significance of the research, scope
and limitations, hypothesis and methodology adopted were discussed. Chapter
two is literature review, while Chapters Three and Four are devoted to
analyzing the personality of Abubakar Imam, from the eyes of his religion and
culture, respectively. Chapter five is the concluding chapter.
The findings are that the Magana Jari Ce reflects the personality of the author,
Abubakar Imam, in terms of his religion, philosophy of life, politics and the
culture of his society - Hausa.
Description
A Thesis submitted to the School of Post Graduate Studies, Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
Award of Doctorate Degree in African Languages (Hausa). Department
of African Languages and Cultures, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Nigeria.
Keywords
NAZARI, MUTUNTAKA, ADABI, TASIRIN, ABUBAKAR, IMAM, MAGANA, JARI, CE