A Syntactico-Pragmatic Analysis of The Vocative Case in The Language of Shakespeare and Its Pedagogical Implications
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Oral tradition is adapted by African writers to spice-up their writing. They seem to explore myths of origin, religion, belief system, socio-political experiences and the vast human experiences in their works. Many African writers both at home and diaspora use the tradition in nostalgia to pin their works in all genres to traditional novels, plays and poetry. Among these writers are Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Ayi Kwei Amah, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Amos Tutuola, Gabriel Okara, John Pepper Clark, Isidore Okpewho, Niyi Osundare and many others. This paper analyses the oral tradition features in the African literature; explaining in details the cultural milieu as perceived in festivals, dances, funeral songs, songs generally and proverbs. It examined the literary/linguistic use of proverbs in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Devil On The Cross and Miesoinuma Minima’s Odum Egege. This paper focuses on the aesthetic values of the oral tradition in African literature using ethnopoetic theory and qualitative design method. The adaptation of oral tradition in African literature is a unifying force that brings the people together to live in peace, unity and love. The use of oral tradition especially the proverb functions to restore morality, wisdom, social justice and above all preserve the cultural heritage of the Africans.
Authors: Israa Burhanuddin Abdurrahman, Istabraq Tariq Jawad, Ali Hussein Hazem, Dina Fahmi Kamil, Ruqaiya Burhanuddin Abdurrahman
Institutions: University of Tikrit, University of Al-Hamdaniya
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W6911847374
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