THE USE OF STYLISTIC DEVICES IN THE NOVEL WIZARD OF THE CROW BY NGUGI WA THIONG’O
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3    OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
1.4    SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.5    SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.6    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1     MEANING OF STYLISTICS AND STYLE 
2.1    REVIEW OF SOME WORKS ON STYLISTIC ANALYSIS
2.2    WHAT OTHER CRITICS SAID ABOUT NGUGI WA THIONG’O

CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
3.1    INTRODUCTION
3.2    RESEARCH DESIGN
3.3    THE POPULATION FOR THE STUDY
3.4    SAMPLING PROCEDURE

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0    DATA PRESENTATION AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
4.1    INTRODUCTION
4.2    BOOK 1 – POWER DAEMONS
4.3    BOOK 2 – QUEUING DAEMONS
4.4    BOOK 3 – FEMALE DAEMONS
4.5    BOOK 4 - MALE DAEMONS
4.6    REBEL DAEMONS
4.7    BOOKING 6 – BEARDED DAEMONS
4.8    TABLE SHOWING TOTAL FREQUENCY OF THE DEVICES
4.9    WHAT THE DEVICES ARE USED FOR IN THE NOVEL
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY
CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATION
 CHAPTER ONE

1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Language is the distinctive quality unique to man. It is what enables man to express him/herself and communicate with his/her fellow man, and it is acquired naturally. According to Fromkin et al “…language is the source of human life and power” (3). They also state that “we use language to convey information to others…, ask questions…, give command…, and express wishes” (173).  There are two specific media of using language: oral – which is by words of mouth; and written – which is a graphic representation of words on paper.

It is in the use of language that style comes in. Style shows the difference between one piece of writing and the other. According to Adejare, “style is an ambiguous term…” (1). He further states that the term style means different things to different professions. Some examples are: to a psychologist, style is a form of behaviour, to the critic, style is individuality and to the linguist, it is the formal structures in function.