Add to ORKGPhonaesthetics generally deals with the symbolic properties of sounds. Since most poets explore the use of phonological devices in various forms to express poetic concerns in aesthetically stylized language, this study investigated the musical patterns inherent in the works of the two Nigerian poets selected for this study. The goal is to reveal the use of sound devices for aesthetic purposes by the poets. This is the primary concern of this research. The study analyzes specific sound patterns that characterize most Nigerian poetry. Adopting linguistic stylistics and phonaesthetics for its theoretical thrust, the authors discuss the prosodic features that are prominent in select literary works of two Nigerian poets, Niyi Osundare and Imo Ok...
This paper attempts an investigation of the creative processes of Nigerian music and the various gen...
Yoruba songs constitute a large spectrum of forms to be found in Africa. The study of their classif...
Since the publication of Ruth Finnegan’s influential Oral Literature in Africa, way back in 1970, sc...
Rhythm is one major component that distinguishes poetry from prose, even in written forms. Being inh...
Rhythm is one major component that distinguishes poetry from prose, even in written forms. Being inh...
This study documents and analyzes oral poetry of traditional Igbo society in the aim of discovering ...
Àpàlà and Sákárà are Yorùbá musical genres w...
The emergence of Niyi Osundare along with a new poetic revolution is perhaps the high point of the c...
Despite the fact that musical idioms are compositionally efficacious in arousing aural imageries and...
This Study dealt with the artistics technique in the poetry of two Nigerians poets : Ahmad Saber Muh...
Poetry is generally marked by deviation. But the question that has bothered scholars is whether ther...
The Nigerian soil over the years has proven to be a fertile ground for poetic overflow. This is evid...
This paper aims at foregrounding the parallels in the styles of Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Voice of the Nig...
Language is defined as “the system of sounds and words used by humans to express their thought...
Poetry is generally marked by deviation. But the question that has bothered scholars is whether ther...
This paper attempts an investigation of the creative processes of Nigerian music and the various gen...
Yoruba songs constitute a large spectrum of forms to be found in Africa. The study of their classif...
Since the publication of Ruth Finnegan’s influential Oral Literature in Africa, way back in 1970, sc...
Rhythm is one major component that distinguishes poetry from prose, even in written forms. Being inh...
Rhythm is one major component that distinguishes poetry from prose, even in written forms. Being inh...
This study documents and analyzes oral poetry of traditional Igbo society in the aim of discovering ...
Àpàlà and Sákárà are Yorùbá musical genres w...
The emergence of Niyi Osundare along with a new poetic revolution is perhaps the high point of the c...
Despite the fact that musical idioms are compositionally efficacious in arousing aural imageries and...
This Study dealt with the artistics technique in the poetry of two Nigerians poets : Ahmad Saber Muh...
Poetry is generally marked by deviation. But the question that has bothered scholars is whether ther...
The Nigerian soil over the years has proven to be a fertile ground for poetic overflow. This is evid...
This paper aims at foregrounding the parallels in the styles of Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s The Voice of the Nig...
Language is defined as “the system of sounds and words used by humans to express their thought...
Poetry is generally marked by deviation. But the question that has bothered scholars is whether ther...
This paper attempts an investigation of the creative processes of Nigerian music and the various gen...
Yoruba songs constitute a large spectrum of forms to be found in Africa. The study of their classif...
Since the publication of Ruth Finnegan’s influential Oral Literature in Africa, way back in 1970, sc...