King'ei, Kitula Kmande, Eliphas MWebukha, Walter Edward2015-03-112015-03-112014-07http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/12367This study intends to critically analyse !JO\V the theme of hope manifests itself in the lives of characters of selected Swahili novels. The selected Swahili novels for the sake of this study arc Chcche za Moto (2008) and Nyuso za Mwanamke (20 J 0). The authors of these novels are John Habwe and Said Ahmed Mohamed respectively, These novels were purposefully selected because of various reasons. They are very current, written between 2008-2010 and therefore minimal research is perceived to have been done on them. The novels also pOitray very difficult co.iditio ts and situations of lire that their characters undergo in their quest for liberation These difficult conditions are economic and political as manifested in Cheche za Moto and cultural as portrayed in ,f\(YIlSO za Mwanamke. Therefore, the researcher wil! be charged vvil\) the responsibility of {~nding out if at all there exists hope in such difficult situations, especially, in the lives of the characters of theseselected novels. The topic of this study was selected on the basis that hope, in the novel or literaturc,is part-mount because the difficult conditions and situations that human beings undergo in their daily lives, need to be highlighted and special remedy sought to bring focus on those who have already lost hope in life. This study will use the theory of Social Realism. The proponents of this theory are Karl Marx and G.F. Hegel. The Theory will basically b:e used to analyse the difficult economic, political and cultural situations that emerge in the selected novels and show how the aspect of hope exists therein. The tenets of this tl.eory will be very handy as they will serve as the backbone of analyzing the theme of hope in the selected novels. Our research will be done in the library. The researcher will embark on reading books, novels, journals, magazines and theses in order to succeed in his work The selected novels will be read indepth and critically analysed to bring out the entire aspect of hope among the members of the wider society.otherThesis