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LA120135
انگلیسی
Situational Variables in Chimamanda Adichies and Chinua Achebes
[Article]
Faith O. Ibhawaegbele, J.N. Edokpayi
Leiden
Brill
The use of the English language for literary creation has been the bane of Nigerian literature. Nigeria has a very complex linguistic system; as a result, its citizens communicate either in their indigenous languages or in English, depending on the situation in which they find themselves. The use of English in Nigerian literature in general and prose fiction in particular is influenced by both linguistic and extralinguistic factors. In their attempt to offer solutions to the problems of language in literary expression, Nigerian novelists adapt English to varying linguistic and socio-cultural contexts. This has resulted in experimentation and the employment of various creative-stylistic strategies and devices in prose fiction. Our focus in this essay is on the conditioning influences of situational variables on the language and styles of Nigerian novelists, with Chimamanda Adichie and Chinua Achebe as a case study. We shall examine and explicate how situational variables influence and impose constraints on the language and styles of novelists, and how they adapt English, which is in contact with the various indigenous languages, to the varying local Nigerian situations and experiences.
2012
191-208
Matatu
40/1
1875-7421
African Studies
Comparative Studies & World Literature
Criticism & Theory
Cultural History
Literature & Culture
Literature and Cultural Studies
Postcolonial Literature & Culture
Faith O. Ibhawaegbele
J.N. Edokpayi
10.1163/18757421-040001012
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[Article]
275578
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Y
