The Effectiveness of Using Non Standard English as a Technique in Writing Fiction Basing on Ken Saro-wiwa’s Sozaboy and Brian Chikwava’s Harare North.
Abstract
This studyexamines the effectiveness of using non Standard English as a
technique in writing fictional works. The study is based on two novels written by
African writers Ken Saro-wiwa’s Sozaboy and Brian Chikwava’s Harare North. In
this study I argue, basing on the findings on the effectiveness of using the
technique,that non Standard English to write fiction has benefitted the two writers
in different ways, but most importantly, it has brought variety into African
literature, apart from enhancing originality and creating humour. The study
explores critical works on this technique and on the two novels from all cornersof
the world, andalsoprovides evidence from the two texts and other secondary texts
to support these arguments.
Citation
Masterof Arts in Literature.Publisher
University of Nairobi