Browsing MST-Department of Literature by Issue Date
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The Style and Performance of Kenyan Somali Oral Poetry
(Kenyatta University, 1994)This thesis investigates the style and modes of performance of Kenyan Somali oral poetry. Several aspects of the oral poetry of this community are discussed, including both verbal and non-verbal elements. In addition, the ... -
The status of children’s theatre in Nairobi
(Kenyatta University, 1997)The overall objective of the research was to establish the status of children's theatre as an art form in Nairobi. The study reveals the forms in which children's theatre in Nairobi is manifested and critically examines ... -
Conflict between self and otherness in selected writings of Nadine Gordimer
(1997)The problematics of this study hinge primarily on the relationships, in literature, between characters whose interactions are mediated by their colour. The focus is on what happens to the individual within the confines ... -
Aspects of orature in selected Gikuyu pop songs
(Kenyatta University, 1998-10)This study is premised on the notion that Orature is dynamic and that it adapts to changing historical and social realities mediating that reality based on keen observation and interpretation of phenomena. By taking ... -
The use of myth in grace Ogot's prose fiction
(2009-04)This study investigates the use of myth in Grace Ogot's prose fiction. It highlights tbe importance of myth as a vital artistic resource to the contemporary writer, the relevance of myth in articulating contemporary ... -
The female character in selected works of kawabata yasunari
(2011-07-11)This study undertook to examine the enigmatic female characters in four works by Kawabata Yasunari: two novels, Snow Country and The Old Capital, and two short stories, `The Izu Dancer' and `One Arm.' The ultimate concern ... -
A literary study of dislocation in selected plays by JOHN RUGANDA
(2011-08-11)John Ruganda is undoubtedly one of East Africa's most popular playwrights, going by the volumes of plays and sensitivity to the human predicament widely acknowledged by critics of his drama. Imbuga and Kyallo serve as ... -
‘Parables’ of peace: a dialectic delineation of narrative-dynamics that can help children to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) in five children's stories from Rwanda
(2011-10-24)Most emerging Rwandan post genocide children's stories indirectly tackle the 1994 genocide in thematic presentation. Coming from Rwanda is an interesting trend of representation of genocide inspired themes in a parable ... -
An analysis of semantic oddities and phonological manipulation in Jason Kap-Kirwok's poetry
(2011-11-02)This study focused on semantic oddities and manipulation of sound aspects in two of Kap-kirwok's poetry collections namely: Heartbeats of the Mind and Loud Monologues Silent Dialogues. The study was premised on the knowledge ... -
A literary analysis of dominic Githingithia's converational narratives
(2011-11-03)This study focuses on seven of Dominic Githingithia's narratives aired in a programme entitled Mathekania na Mataaro ma Githingithia (MMG), via a local vernacular radio station, Kameme 101.1 FM. This in translation means ... -
An analysis of the style and meaning of the poetry within the Tugen Soro wedding ritual
(2011-11-17)This study focuses on and examines the wedding poetry of the Tugen community with a view to uncovering the function of the poetry and how it reflects the social and moral values of its people. It investigates the style, ... -
An anlysis of selected plays presented at the kenya schools and colleges' drama festival
(2011-11-17)This study is a critical response to the need of having an in depth study of plays presented at the Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival. This Festival, which was started in 1959, has received scanty scholarly attention ... -
Semantic absurdities and social vision for Africa in Jared Angira's poetry
(2011-11-17)This is a study of the semantic absurdities in Jared Angira's poetry and the social vision for Africa as espoused in his poetry. The study explores Tides of Time: Selected Poems (1996) and Lament of the Silent & Other Poems ... -
The Symbolic Deviation of Rural Women Characters in Lauretta Ngcobo's Novel: And They Didn't Die.
(2011-11-17)This study examines how Ngcobo in the novel And They Didn't Die (1999) depicts the rural women characters' digression from what was considered to be the norm. From our research, we found the `normalcy' to be the oppressive ... -
A history of Kenya film: the evolving image of the African
(2011-12-02)This is a study of the development of the Kenyan film with specific regard to the evolving image of the African. The study gives a postcolonial exploration of the depiction of the African in selected Kenyan films. It ... -
An analysis of tragicomic techniques in selected plays of David Mulwa
(2011-12-07)This study focuses on three plays by Kenyan playwright, David Mulwa, critically analyzing and discussing them as tragicomedies. The aim is to identify and evaluate to what extent the application of tragicomic techniques ... -
An analysis of the context and meaning of the poetry within the Babukusu Khuswala Kumuse funeral ritual
(2011-12-07)The theme of death and dying in Africa has attracted a lot of studies mainly from anthropology, sociology and religious studies. Such studies include: Abrahamson (1951), Goody (1962), Sangree (1966), Mbiti (1969), Adeyemo ... -
The worlds in-between of an Asian african Writer: a postcolonial reading of selected novels of MG vassanji
(2011-12-13)MG Vassanji has written five novels tracing the movements of Asians from South Asia in the late nineteenth century to East Africa, and then from Africa to North America in the 1960s and 1970s. The community of Asians who ... -
Portrayal of the Yoruba Metaphysical world in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman and ,The strong breed
(2011-12-13)This study is an investigation of how the Yoruba metaphysical world has been portrayed in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman and The Strong Breed. It involves an examination of which of the Yoruba myths, how and ... -
A literary study of power relations between ruby and the convent in Toni Morrison's novel, Paradise
(2011-12-13)This study is an exploration of the power relations in Toni Morrison's Paradise. This research analyses the power relations between Ruby and the Convent bringing out their effects on the characters in the novel Paradise. ...
