Browsing PHD-Department of Literature by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
