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    Structural Analysis of Theme Through Technique of Yeshitela's Novels
    (Addis Ababa University, 2001-06) Badi, Martha; Daniel, Abiye (PhD)
    The obj ectives of this thesis mainly focuses on a n attempt to implement structural analysis method on texts, that help one to arrive at intended themes. For this purpose, Yeshitla Kokeb's novels Wogegta and Dosegnaw h ave been selected. The themes of these n ovels, eman cipation a nd commitment respective ly, are hig hli ghted through the utilization of ch aracterization a nd p lot techniques. The a n alysis of the techniques doesn't mainly fo c us on content. As a critique, i t is dealt here as an achieved content, the form, the work of art. Different structur es by which the form got constructed, had h e lped to explicitly show, how the t echniques are utilized for the purpose aforemention ed. Hence, those different structu r ing methods of theoreticians that proved to suit the analysis a re only applied. Moreover, the research er h as endeavored to devise h e r own structu rin g approach. The research has revealed that the economic, social and political life of our society can easily clearly be visuali zed through t h e utilization of different stru cturing methods. It has also proved the existence of a dopting t heoretical frame works ,whic h might h elp one to invent her I his own theory of structuring method. The firs t chapter o f this thesis comprises the introduc tion, a nd the methodology the researcher e mployed in analyzing the texts and the problems e n countered .The li terature review of differen t theoreticians, who h ave done analysis on c h a r acter and plot is s h own in the second ch apter. In Wogegta among oth e r s, the researcher h as tried to apply the most detailed consid er ation of the organization of lexies, which Roland Barthes distinguished as five "c odes" w hich a r e applied in the reading of a text. Structures of these literary codes, i.e . the proairetic code (code o f action); the cultural code (which refers to all the system of knowle dgeand values); the symbolic code (which refers to the theme); the connotative code (which expresses th emes developed around ch aracter s); and the hermeneutic code (code of puzzle) which help in the ch aracterization technique are attempted to be a pplied on the text in the third ch a pter. Moreover, the theories contribution to the advancement of the emancipation and other themes is also examined. Furthermore, in the fourth chapter, plots of Dosegnaw with its relevance to the development of commitment and other themes are endeavored to be structurally highlighted. Hence, Greimase's 'contractu a l sequence', Todorov's postulation of a set of basic categories, Barthese"s cultural code identification and Shklovsky's type of para llelism and their contribution towards the progression of the themes are examined. The researcher had intermingled Barthese's codes with characterization techniques and has attempted to establish viable slructures. The structures relevance to the development of the themes is a lso examined . Besides from among diffrent types of characterization methods, I have pinpointed those areas III the chronological characterization method tha t should be ra mified. Moreover, the researcher has adopted Greimase's "four term homology" into "three" so that it fits to analyze Doseganw th oroughly. Specifica lly, my investigation deals with : (a) Different ch a racterization technique th eories which are combined with Barthese's codes moreover theories of analysis of plots are also interpreted. (b) The effect of applying a characterization method on Wogegta's theme is explored. (c) The effect of plot construction on Dosegnaw's theme is also examined.