- Nigeria
Abuja - 8077766237
Ehi M Ella
Veritas University, English and Literary Studies, Graduate Student
- University of Maiduguri, English and Literature, Undergraduateadd
- I describe my myself as an eternal learner. I am interested in history, psychology, societal and cultural dynamics, politicsedit
The text Sinners in the hands of an Angry God is a fiery sermon written by the theologian, Reverend Jonathan Edwards, a revivalist, preacher, and philosopher. The sermon culls several references from various old and new testaments of the... more
The text Sinners in the hands of an Angry God is a fiery sermon written by the theologian, Reverend Jonathan Edwards, a revivalist, preacher, and philosopher. The sermon culls several references from various old and new testaments of the Bible.
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Racism in Richard Wright's Black Boy Black Boy (1945) by Richard Wright is an autobiography of Wright, an African American Writer who grew up in Mississippi, United State. The memoir, set in 1925, details the life of Wright from the age... more
Racism in Richard Wright's Black Boy Black Boy (1945) by Richard Wright is an autobiography of Wright, an African American Writer who grew up in Mississippi, United State. The memoir, set in 1925, details the life of Wright from the age of four till his early twenties. The book also depicts his family's poverty, his father's desertion of his mother, and the impact of this on the family, the autobiography also portrays Wright coming of age as a fatherless child while getting his informal education on the streets, his stint at the orphanage, subsequent relocations from Mississippi, Memphis, and Arkansas. The book likewise illustrates the lingering tensions between blacks and whites in the Southern part of the United States of America, the subjugation of the blacks by whites, the psychological impact of racism, and the coping mechanisms African-Americans used to deal with dehumanization. Synopsis Black Boy is an honest depiction of the travails of an African-American child in South America, it is an inscription of multilayered themes, racism; dehumanization; devocalization; desertion; fatherlessness; hopelessness; dislocation; trauma, and adaptation. We meet Richard as a child of four, spunky and hardheaded, he sets his family house on fire, and the family survives the fire but he is traumatized by his action and its consequence. The family relocates from the dreamy "waters of Mississippi Rivers from the verdant bluff of Natchez (7)", to Memphis. In Memphis, they move into a one-story brick tenement that looked "bleak and hostile (8)", and due to the close quarters they occupy, the writer associates with his emotionally distant father for the first time.
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The Heart of Darkness is a multi-faceted novella full of themes and sub-themes, the novella is also a psychoanalytical one. It addresses the darkness within and advocates that only humanism can illuminate it. Marlow, the protagonist, is... more
The Heart of Darkness is a multi-faceted novella full of themes and sub-themes, the novella is also a psychoanalytical one. It addresses the darkness within and advocates that only humanism can illuminate it. Marlow, the protagonist, is an idealist, who embarks on a journey he deems virtuous, however, he becomes disillusioned by the inhumanity of man. This treatise covers humanism, perverted humanism, and idealistic humanism as well as idealism, all of which are depicted in the novella and through the characters of Marlow, Kurtz, the Accountant, and the Russian. The theoretical framework used in the delineation of the novella is that of New Historical Criticism, and the treatise will seek to depict the benefits of humanism as well as portray the psychoanalytical ascent and descent of man
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In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or... more
In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained
within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and
archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an
unsympathetic world
within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society. Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and
archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an
unsympathetic world
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In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or... more
In the illusive Utopia, all human beings are created equal, but due to the complexity of human
relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and
income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained
within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as
diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society.
Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world
relationships and human behaviour, society is often stratified across race, caste, gender, and
income. These strata are encoded in unwritten or written societal laws and remain deeply ingrained
within individuals inhabiting these societies. These codes have to be adhered to diligently, as
diversification of these socially constructed rules and roles is met with dire consequences from the custodians of the traditions of that society.
Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian writer from Umuezeokolo Odeanta village, Ibuza which is also known as Igbo–Uzo in Delta State, Nigeria. Emecheta wrote about various contemporary and archaic issues such as slavery, and the patriarchal traditions of the Igbos, however, a recurring motif of hers was the role of women in traditional Igbo society. She also wrote about the disparate relationship between men and women, and the lone female rebel who seeks to pave her path in an unsympathetic world
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While there are various thematic observations in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gather Here in my Name, the theme of familial dysfunction, and the role grandmothers or a strong matriarch play in the congruity of the... more
While there are various thematic observations in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gather Here in my Name, the theme of familial dysfunction, and the role grandmothers or a strong matriarch play in the congruity of the family structure has been overlooked. This paper provides insight on the role of the grandmother in the African American society
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This is a study of the themes of dislocation, racism and identity in Chimamanda Adichie's Americanah
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This is a study of Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness
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this paper analyzes the role of literature in creating cathartic relief for the writer and delves into definitions of catharsis by Aristotle, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Richard Kearney, Ivan Smith, and Stanley A. Leavy. Catharsis by definition,... more
this paper analyzes the role of literature in creating cathartic relief for the writer and delves into definitions of catharsis by Aristotle, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Richard Kearney, Ivan Smith, and Stanley A. Leavy. Catharsis by definition, means the purification of emotions, through purgation. Catharsis ennobles expressive outlets for the manifestation of repressed emotions. This was also a belief of Sigmund Freud, who used hypnosis (also a form of catharsis) to ameliorate symptoms of mental degradation and neuroses, Freud also observed artistic neurotics used art as a vehicle for expressing repressed emotions. The research also analyzes psychoanalysis literary criticism and its role in literature while delineating the analyses of literary critics in their critique of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou. The critics examined include Jean Wagner, Reynolds J. Scott-Childress, Yasmin De Gout, and Lyman Hagen. Several poems from both Dunbar and Angelou were also assessed and various emotions such as trauma, depersonalization, dissociation, and despair were exemplified by this writer in the course of the research. This research also examined the artistic style, the various literary devices, and techniques as well.
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This is a study about how the concept of death is portrayed in Literature
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This is a study on Adichie's America withthemes on Dislocation, Racism and Identity