ALLS Future, Current & Past Issues by Daniel Oppong Adjei
by Advances in Language and Literary Studies [ALLS], Mehdi Dastpak, minoo bemani, En. Taufik Lecturer Bi, Natasha Shokri, Naser Albzour, Banani Biswas, Moussa Pourya, Ali Taghinezhad, Daniel Oppong Adjei, and Jonah K A M A L Yildiz
Papers by Daniel Oppong Adjei
KENTE - Cape Coast Journal of Literature and the Arts
Sex or the intimate relationship between or among characters is an act that is explicitly depicte... more Sex or the intimate relationship between or among characters is an act that is explicitly depicted in the novels of Ayi Kwei Armah for various purposes. The purpose of sex should not just be sex for the sake of sex, or for the sake of making a writer ‘popular’. The paper argues that the act of sex plays a number of literary functions in these relationships. The thematic as well as other literary relevance of sex is explored through literary concepts such as ‘linguistic foregrounding’ and ‘paradigmatic associations’. Through these literary concepts of stylistic analysis, it becomes clear that sex plays the following roles in Armah’s novels: serves as an avenue for characterization; establishes a relationship as loving or adrift; is a tool of oppression and also vengeance; creates suspense and retains readers’ interest; obscures the real story plot for a literary effect such as ‘to motivate but also shock his (Armah’s) audience into activity’ (Fubara 72); and cures characters’ negativ...
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ALLS Future, Current & Past Issues by Daniel Oppong Adjei
Papers by Daniel Oppong Adjei