ABSTRACTThis study is a stylistic analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‟s novel Half Of A Yellow Sun, which comprises four parts with a total number of 37 chapters and 433 pages. The aim of this study is to identify the predominant stylistic devices used by the author in the novel and the effects achieved by using them. To achieve this aim, the researcher uses quantitative stylistic analysis which entails the counting and writing down the number of times each device occurs in the selected ch...
ABSTRACTLife is a battle for struggle and survival. Struggle and survival are as old as man. Every second, man is on the move, thinking of what to do and how to do it in order to survive. This project, therefore, examines the ways the two novelists presented their characters in their attempts to depict the various methods people adopt in their struggles for survival in this hard and harsh environment. This work also explores the artistic features as were conveniently deployed in their works b...
ABSTRACTThis project work is on political corruption and symbolism. This project work brings out the corrupt practices by politicians and military rulers. To also brings out the symbols used in the novels. Chapter one is an introduction on political corruption in Nigeria and the way the military took over and ruled Nigeria. Chapter two is on the related literature review, chapter three is on political corruption and symbolism in Adichie Chumamanda Ngozi Half of a yellow Sun. Chapter four is o...
ABSTRACTThis project is on Corruption and Victimization in Isidore Okpewho’s Tides and Anthony Ndubuisi Abagha’s Children of Oloibiri. It is a study of the endemic corruption and Victimization that hold the Niger Delta captive and by extension the entire nation in spite of available monumental wealth and qualified manpower.TABLE OF CONTENTSCover Page iCertification iiApproval Page iiiTitle Page ivDedication vAcknowledgements viAbstract viiTable of Contents viii CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBack...
Abstract In ethics, value denotes something degree of importance, with the aim of determining what action or life is best to do or live, or at least attempt to describe the value of different actions. It may be described as treating actions themselves as abstract objects, putting value to them. It deals with right conduct and good life, in the sense that a highly, or at least relatively highly, valuable action may be regarded as ethically ―good‖ (Adjective sense), and an action of low, or...
ABSTRACT This research originates from a belief that special libraries in developing countries need to be modernize and implement their ICT infrastructure and articulate information policies that will facilitate the exploitation of information resources to the optimum to increase national productivity. Special libraries and information centres in developing countries in general and in Nigeria in particular should start building their local digital libraries, as the benefit of establishing suc...
ABSTRACT A speech act or stylistics analysis is the study of literary and non-literary texts using linguistic and literary descriptions. The aim of this research work was a speech act analysis of Akachi adimora-ezeigbo’s Trafficked. The study critically analysed the data through the use of some levels of stylistic description namely; graphology, morphology, syntax, lexico-semantics and cohesion. The study discovered that at the graphological level, the author used italics, comma and d...
ABSTRACT In several quarters, there have been allegation making round, that state governments use their state Broadcast media as propaganda machinery. The focus is to investigate such allegation using Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) radio/TV as a case study. The study was based on critical theory by staurt Hall. The theory views the means by which the “haves of society gain the willing support of the “have nots” to maintain the status quo. The study uses empirical method ob...
ABSTRACT Drug abuse among youths in Nigeria has been a problem to the youths and the society in General. The consequences of drug abuse are not only on the individual user but also on his or her offspring, family and the society. To this effect, the study seeks to assess institutional mechanism and appropriate ways in combating drug abuse and other related drugs in Nigeria and to direct the youths on the way to follow to become useful to themselves, their families and to the Nigerian ...
This work only contains Chapter 3, 4 and 5.CHAPTER 3APPROACHES TO STYLISTIC ANALYSISTHE CAMPAIGN SPEECH OF GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARICHAPTER FOUR DATA ANALYSIS CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY OF FINDING AND CONCLUSION
1. Abdulgafar, Alabelewa: FG jams Radio Biafra’s signal, declares station illegal. The Nation mirror. April 12, 2015. http://nationalmirroronline.net The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it had succeeded in jamming the transmission signals of Radio Biafra, which had been operating illegally from an unknown location. 2. Abdulgafar, Alabelewa: NBC urges public to ignore radio Biafra. The Nation mirror April 11, 2015. http://nationalmirroronline.net The National Broadcasting Commission...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact or possibly the role of radio and interpersonal communication in combating malaria in Nigeria. Malaria no doubt is a global problem with outstanding impact in Africa. The situation calls for concern and all possible means and strategies to ameliorate it. This paper therefore evaluates various health programs on radio and locally interpersonal dissemination of information in the process of waging war against malaria. Having explored various literatures...
ABSTRACT This paper is focused on the brief history of print media, functions and the role of print media in a pluralistic society. We are able to know what a pluralistic society means and few countries we can find such feature. The final part of the paper is a conclusion and recommendation on why it's important to embrace a pluralistic society. INTRODUCTION It’s safe to say that the media, even life itself, would not be the same without the printed word. We read about our world through s...
ABSTRACT This research was designed to assess the impact of the media in checking economic crime in Nigeria. This study specifically examined how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through the media (Thisday and Sun newspapers) arrested and persecuted individuals found wanting in money laundering, fraud etc. The researcher used content analysis research method. This method facilitated a proper measurement on the content categories of the newspapers mentioned above on their re...
INTRODUCTION Nigeria has over the years been able to prove her worth; this is demonstrated by the hosting of Festival of Arts and Culture in 1977, it was initiated with a determination to propagate the values and originality of black culture. This festival has left behind great legacies, this legacies are what formed part of this research work. Nigeria has a rich cultural heritage which is widely varied, culture is one area which they have a lot to showcase to the rest part of the world, ...