TABLE
OF CONTENT
Title page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of content
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Scope and limitation
1.6 Research Methodology
CHAPTER TWO
Literature review
2.1 Meaning of stylistics and style
2.2 Review of some works on stylistic analysis
2.3 What other critics said about Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research design
3.3 The population for the study
3.4 Sampling procedure
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data
presentation and textual analysis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Book 1 –
Power daemons
4.3 Book 2 –
Queuing daemons
4.4 Book 3 –
Female daemons
4.5 Book 4 –
Male Daemons
4.6 Rebel
Daemons
4.7 Booking 6
– Bearded Daemons
4.8 Table
showing total frequency of the devices
4.9 What the
devices are used for in the novel
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
Works cited
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Language is
the distinctive quality unique to man. It is what enables man to express
him/herself and communicate with his/her fellow man, and it is acquired
naturally. According to Fromkin et al “…language is the source of human life
and power” (3). They also state that “we use language to convey information to
others…, ask questions…, give command…, and express wishes” (173). There are two specific media of using language:
oral – which is by words of mouth; and written – which is a graphic
representation of words on paper.
It is in
the use of language that style comes in. Style shows the difference between one
piece of writing and the other. According to Adejare, “style is an ambiguous
term…” (1). He further states that the term style means different things to
different professions. Some examples are: to a psychologist, style is a form of
behaviour, to the critic, style is individuality and to the linguist, it is the
formal structures in function (1).