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Literary study of invectives in selected works of H. K. Bidi Setsoafia
(Kenyatta university, 2023)This research studies how Setsoafia creatively uses invectives to address critical social issues like corruption, greed, poor governance, educational illiteracy, drunkenness, and prostitution as a method of literary ... -
Intertextuality and Subversion in Selected Children’s Readers and their Corresponding Animated Film Adaptations
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This research sought to undertake a comparative study of selected Children’s Readers and their corresponding animated film adaptations. Central to the study was how intertextuality and possible subversions in the films ... -
Emigration in Selected Transnational Fiction by African Women Writers: A Study of Female Characters of African Descent
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study engaged with selected works of four West African women authors whose works centre on the idea of home as interrogated through the lenses of narratives of migration. These works, including Amma Darko’s Beyond the ... -
Literary Ecology in the Nigerian Space: An Ecocritical Reading f Selected Poetry
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Our fragile ecosystem may become more severely damaged than it is now if all hands are not on deck to retrieve the environment from total collapse. Various human efforts have been geared toward a deserving reclamation of ... -
Dholuo Anaphors: An Interface Account
(Kenyatta University, 2022)The purpose of this study was to investigate Dholuo anaphors at linguistic interface of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Dholuo anaphors (reflexives and reciprocals) are represented with the same morpheme which poses a ... -
Representations of Chronotopic Cycles and Consciousness in Selected Novels of Amos Tutuola, Ben Okri, Alain Mabanckou and Mia Couto
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study investigates how the artistic relationships of time and space in the selected African novels are used to create the awareness of an African chronotope. The scope of the study is an examination on the selected ... -
Vocabulary Learning Strategies Employed by Kenyan Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language in Kenyan Universities
(Kenyatta University, 2020)This study is a description and analysis of vocabulary learning strategies employed by Kenyan learners of Chinese as a foreign language. Vocabulary learning strategies are contextualized within the larger area of language ... -
The worldings of Ruganda’s plays
(Kenyatta University, 2018-06)This study was a discursive interrogation of Ruganda’s six published plays: The Burdens (1972), Black Mamba (1973), Covenant with Death (1973), The Floods (1980), Music without Tears (1982) and Echoes of Silence (1986), ... -
The invention and (re) configuration of space in selected Kenyan television dramas
(Kenyatta University, 2016-07)The study interrogates the invention and (re)configuration of space as a social construct in Kenyan television drama. While focusing on selected local television dramas; Mheshimiwa, Mother-in-law and Tabasamu, the study ... -
Identities and spaces in selected writings of black, Indian and white east African writers, 1950s to 1980s.
(Kenyatta University, 2015)This study analyses identity and space in five works of East African Asian, black and white writers based on the reasoning that these are significant issues in East African literature that reflect the nature of contemporary ... -
Children's literature in Tanzania: A literary appreciation of its growth and development
(Kenyatta University, 1995)This study is a critical appraisal of the growth and development of children's literature in Tanzania. It arises from a recognition of the dearth of critical works on this literature and is based on the premise that ... -
Elements of Tragedy in Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
(Kenyatta University, 2016-09-13)This study investigates Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s use of tragedy as a method of literary representation in his rendition of postcoloniality. The study focuses on five novels;The River Between, A Grain of Wheat, Matigari, Petals ... -
A traditional ritual ceremony as Edurama: a case study of Imbalu ritual among the Bukusu of Western Kenya
(2014-08-18)This study is an investigation of how Bukusu traditional initiation can be considered as edurama. It first looks at the rite of passage as a process of transition. The study investigates whether or not drama existed in ... -
Inventing Women: The Black Female Voice in the Post-Apartheid Writings of Farida Karodia
(2013-09-05)This study examines the voice of the South African woman writer, Farida Karodia, as she writes in the post apartheid era. Specifically, it analyzes the writer‟s language as it gives voice to the black woman‟s revelation ... -
Gender analysis of literature set books: A study of selected Kenya certificate of secondary education(KCSE) literature texts
(2012-11-05)Set books are an important socializing tool and play a crucial role in determining students' worldview of gender relations in society. Gender responsiveness is one of the emerging issues that have attracted major debates ...
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Literary study of invectives in selected works of H. K. Bidi Setsoafia
(Kenyatta university, 2023)This research studies how Setsoafia creatively uses invectives to address critical social issues like corruption, greed, poor governance, educational illiteracy, drunkenness, and prostitution as a method of literary ... -
Intertextuality and Subversion in Selected Children’s Readers and their Corresponding Animated Film Adaptations
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This research sought to undertake a comparative study of selected Children’s Readers and their corresponding animated film adaptations. Central to the study was how intertextuality and possible subversions in the films ... -
Emigration in Selected Transnational Fiction by African Women Writers: A Study of Female Characters of African Descent
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study engaged with selected works of four West African women authors whose works centre on the idea of home as interrogated through the lenses of narratives of migration. These works, including Amma Darko’s Beyond the ... -
Literary Ecology in the Nigerian Space: An Ecocritical Reading f Selected Poetry
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Our fragile ecosystem may become more severely damaged than it is now if all hands are not on deck to retrieve the environment from total collapse. Various human efforts have been geared toward a deserving reclamation of ... -
Dholuo Anaphors: An Interface Account
(Kenyatta University, 2022)The purpose of this study was to investigate Dholuo anaphors at linguistic interface of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Dholuo anaphors (reflexives and reciprocals) are represented with the same morpheme which poses a ... -
Representations of Chronotopic Cycles and Consciousness in Selected Novels of Amos Tutuola, Ben Okri, Alain Mabanckou and Mia Couto
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The study investigates how the artistic relationships of time and space in the selected African novels are used to create the awareness of an African chronotope. The scope of the study is an examination on the selected ... -
Vocabulary Learning Strategies Employed by Kenyan Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language in Kenyan Universities
(Kenyatta University, 2020)This study is a description and analysis of vocabulary learning strategies employed by Kenyan learners of Chinese as a foreign language. Vocabulary learning strategies are contextualized within the larger area of language ... -
The worldings of Ruganda’s plays
(Kenyatta University, 2018-06)This study was a discursive interrogation of Ruganda’s six published plays: The Burdens (1972), Black Mamba (1973), Covenant with Death (1973), The Floods (1980), Music without Tears (1982) and Echoes of Silence (1986), ... -
The invention and (re) configuration of space in selected Kenyan television dramas
(Kenyatta University, 2016-07)The study interrogates the invention and (re)configuration of space as a social construct in Kenyan television drama. While focusing on selected local television dramas; Mheshimiwa, Mother-in-law and Tabasamu, the study ... -
Identities and spaces in selected writings of black, Indian and white east African writers, 1950s to 1980s.
(Kenyatta University, 2015)This study analyses identity and space in five works of East African Asian, black and white writers based on the reasoning that these are significant issues in East African literature that reflect the nature of contemporary ... -
Children's literature in Tanzania: A literary appreciation of its growth and development
(Kenyatta University, 1995)This study is a critical appraisal of the growth and development of children's literature in Tanzania. It arises from a recognition of the dearth of critical works on this literature and is based on the premise that ... -
Elements of Tragedy in Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
(Kenyatta University, 2016-09-13)This study investigates Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s use of tragedy as a method of literary representation in his rendition of postcoloniality. The study focuses on five novels;The River Between, A Grain of Wheat, Matigari, Petals ... -
A traditional ritual ceremony as Edurama: a case study of Imbalu ritual among the Bukusu of Western Kenya
(2014-08-18)This study is an investigation of how Bukusu traditional initiation can be considered as edurama. It first looks at the rite of passage as a process of transition. The study investigates whether or not drama existed in ... -
Inventing Women: The Black Female Voice in the Post-Apartheid Writings of Farida Karodia
(2013-09-05)This study examines the voice of the South African woman writer, Farida Karodia, as she writes in the post apartheid era. Specifically, it analyzes the writer‟s language as it gives voice to the black woman‟s revelation ... -
Gender analysis of literature set books: A study of selected Kenya certificate of secondary education(KCSE) literature texts
(2012-11-05)Set books are an important socializing tool and play a crucial role in determining students' worldview of gender relations in society. Gender responsiveness is one of the emerging issues that have attracted major debates ... -
Children's literature in Tanzania: a literary appreciation of its growth and development
(2012-06-08)This study is a critical appraisal of the growth and development of children’s literature in Tanzania. It arises from a recognition of the death of critical works on this literature and is based on the premise that ... -
The short story as a literary response to South Africa's social and political realities: a study of Es'kia Mphahlel, Mbulelo Mzamane and Farida Karodia
(2012-06-08)The study is a literary analysis of selected short stories by three South African writers. The study addresses the thematic concerns of Es' Kia Mphahlele, Mbulelo Mzamane and Farida Karodia. Significant attention is ... -
Images of women in African oral literature: a case of Gikuyu and Swahili proverbs
(2012-04-10)This study was to examine critically the portrayal of women in selected Gikuyu and Swahili Proverbs. The aim was to describe the images of women that emanate from the selected proverbs. The research concern arose out of ... -
The worlds of Gikuyu mythology: a structural analysis
(2012-01-20)This study addresses the methodological and definitional shortcomings in mythological analysis. Divesting the typological definition of "myth", that sees myth as one type of story as opposed to another; we define myth as ... -
The child character in adult literature: a study of six selected Caribbean novels
(2012-01-05)This study examines the child character in post-emancipation and colonial West-Indian fiction in order to determine his position in that society and his role as a literary agent. Our samples in this endeavour are six ...
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