Browsing PHD-Department of Literature by Issue Date
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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 ... -
Alternative potraits of power and empowerment in selected African female writers' works
(2011-11-17)Western radical feminist critics (Frank 1978, Andrade 1990, Stration 1994) inappropriately applied their separatist strand of feminist ideology to African literature. Their interpretation alienates African female writers ... -
A critical analysis of conformity and subvertion in Gikuyu children's oral poetry
(2011-12-02)Children's oral poetry is an important genre in the way it uses verse to inculcate social values and conditions the child's mind to conform to social expectations. It is potent in lodging in the child's memory social lessons ... -
Rereading selected black African autobiographies: a deconstructionist approach
(2011-12-07)This study examines the nature of writing and reading of Black African autobiography. Specifically, it analyzes the transformation of persons into narratives, the concept of self and non-self in shaping the story and the ... -
Analysis of style and themes in J.M.coetzee novel: disgrace
(2011-12-07)The study evaluates the role of J.M. Coetzee plays in addressing the social political and economic concerns of his society. It also establishes Coetzee’s opinion as the social, political and economic drama of post apartheid ... -
Verb tonology in Olunyala
(2011-12-15)The purpose of this study was to investigate the inherent relationship between the three grammatical categories of tense, mood and aspect and the tonal pattern of the Olunyala verb. It also attempted to determine the rules ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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), ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
