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???? INTRODUCTION: The word ‘orature’ or ‘oral literature’ is a term coined recently to mean traditions that are orally or verbally delivered or performed. It is basically, the study of customs, beliefs, values and opinions of humans in the societies which they are transferred from one generation to another verbally without…

LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF PROVERB, AS A SUB-GENRE OF ORAL NARRATIVE FORM. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ABSTRACT 2. INTRODUCTION           2.1   What is oral literature?           2.2   Forms of oral literature           2.3   The oral narrative formalism           2.4   What is proverb           2.5   Functions of proverb           2.6   Examples of proverb           2.7   Application of… Continue reading LINGUISTIC ASPECT OF ORAL NARRATIVE FORM IN ORAL LITERATURE

POEMS IN MEDIEVAL PERIOD CANTERBURY TALES 1.         PROLOGUE TO THE MILLERES TALE Heere folwen the wordes bitwene the Hoost and the Millere Whan that the Knyght had thus his tale ytoold,In al the route ne was ther yong ne oold That he ne seyde it was a noble storie,And worthy for to drawen to memorie;And… Continue reading POEMS OF EACH PERIODS/ERA IN LITERATURE

POPULAR CULTURE Popular culture(also called pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of the practices, beliefs and objects that are dominant or ubiquitous in a society at a given point in time. Popular culture also encompasses the activities and feelings produced as a result of interaction with these dominant… Continue reading POPULAR CULTURES IN LITERATURE, RELATING THEM TO OUR SOCIETY TODAY.

THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME BY OLA ROTIMI Characters In The Play; Odewale:  The current king of Kutuje, who had risen to power by unknowingly murdering the old king, King Adetusa, whom, also not to his knowledge, was his father. The manner in which he kills his father is revealed in a flashback when his childhood friend, Alaka, comes to Kutuje to… Continue reading MODERN PERIOD

ROMANTIC PERIOD VICTORIAN PERIOD AN IDEAL HUSBAND BY OSCAR WILDE  CHARACTER/CHARACTERIZATION; Sir Robert Chiltern Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, a member of English society,and married to the honest and respectable Lady Chiltern, Sir Robert Chiltern is the hero of the play. Early in his public career Chiltern sold state secrets to Baron Arnheim, from which he became quite rich. The past… Continue reading VICTORIAN PERIOD

BEGGER’S OPERA CHARACTER/CHARACTERIZATION Peachum Runner of a criminal highwaymen syndicate and father to Polly, Peachum is a man of great responsibility. His subordinates rely on him for either their freedom or imprisonment, since he often uses his connections to send a man to the gallows in exchange for reward money. He is also Mrs. Peachum’s… Continue reading NEO-CLASSICAL PERIOD

THE COUNTRY WIFE BY… CHARACTER/CHARACTERIZATION Harry Horner; A notorious London rake who, to gain sexual access to “respectable” women, spreads the rumour that venereal disease has rendered him impotent. In the course, of the play, he manages liaisons with several of the female characters. Horner is the most insightful of all the “wits” in the play, often drawing out and commenting on the moral failings of… Continue reading RESTORATION PERIOD

Renaissance is the rebirth and revival of all things of the old.This brought about a transition from the medieval characteristics to the modern world events. Thinkers, writers,  scholars, philosophers attempted to eradicate i.e get rid of the feudalist idea when only people are powerful, providing and protection for masses by introducing new thoughts on matters driving. This period is majorly divided into three sub-periods;… Continue reading RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1500-1660)