Some Selected Poems in English by Ethiopian Poets: a Stylistic Analysis
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2002-08
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study is concerned with a stylistic analysis of some selected English poems of three
poets; namely Tsegaye G/Medhen, Solomon Deressa and Eyasu Gorfu. This research
focuses on how these poets communicate their ideas through language choices. Therefore,
the central purpose of this thesis is to explore the language use of the poets and find out how
the language conveys meanings in each given poem and bring out the recurrent themes in
each poet's work. The method adopted in this study is a stylistic approach. Thus, noting and
examining unique features of the poems and their relationships as central too stylistic
approach, the analysis of the poems has been systematically carried out.
The other aim of this study is to reveal the effectiveness of the stylistic analysis approach in
bringing out meaning of the poems and arriving at valid interpretation of literary texts.
This thesis has four chapters. The first chapter is a general introduction of the research
work. The second chapter surveys different critical reviews and theses related to this
research. The third chapter offers an overview of the concepts in focus i.e. it discusses the
concepts of style, stylistics and the basic framework of stylistic analysis, which are the
analytical tools in the stylistic analysis of the selected poems.
The last chapter, which is chapter four deals with the actual analysis of the selected poems.
Thus, in section one the poems of Tsegaye G/Medehen are examined with the framework of
stylistic analysis. In the second section Solomon Deressa's poems are analysed through the
same method and in the third section the poetry of Eyasu Gorfu are scrutinized.
In the final section, which is the conclusion part, the findings of the researcher are briefly
presented.
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POEMS IN ENGLISH BY ETHIOPIAN POETS