English Language Research Project Topics and Materials

• “THE PROBLEM OF ORAL EXPRESSION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• “A LINGUISTIC STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE CAMPAIGN SPEECHES OF TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE 2011 ELECTIONS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES
• PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN WIVES REVOLE AND OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN)
• TENSE ERRORS IN ENGLISH ESSAYS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
• “CORRUPTION” IN THE NOVELS OF ADAOBI NWAUBANI TRICIA’S I DO NOT COME TO YOU BY CHANCE AND LABO YARI’S THE CLIMATE OF CORRUPTION
• A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL INTERVIEWS IN A SELECTED DAILY NEWSPAPER (THE PUNCH)
• A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF EDITORIAL CARTOONS, SELECTED FROM THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
• A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ATHOL FUGARD’S SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD
• A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF JESUS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
• A FEMINIST READING OF MOBOLAJI ADENUBI’S EMPTY ARMS AND HILARY ROUSE-AMADI’S AMINA
• A LEXICO-SEMATIC ANALYSIS OF OLU OBAFEMI’S NAIRA HAS NO GENDER
• A LEXICO-SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF ERRORS IN SELECTED YORUBA FILM SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH
• A METAPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF AMOS TUTUOLA’S “THE PALMWINE DRINKARD” AND D.O. FAGUNWA’S “THE FOREST OF GOD”
• A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF CHRISTIAN HANBILLS AND POSTERS
• A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN PROVERBS IN WOLE SOYINKA’S “THE LION AND THE JEWEL”
• A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN’S INAUGURAL SPEECH, NIGERIA: OUR NATION IN MOURNING
• A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED CARTOONS IN VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
• A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SLANG AND CATCHY PHRASES USED IN SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN HIP-HOP SONGS
• A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS: AN EXAMPLE OF “EFE AND JUDE”
• A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF SOME SELECTED POLITICAL POSTERS
• A PRAMATIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED CARTOONS FROM NIGERIAN DAILIES THE ‘GUARDIAN, THE PUNCH, AND THE NATION’
• A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF PSALM 51
• A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF PROVERBS IN ADIMORA- EZEIGBO’ S TRAFFICKED
• A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF CODE-MIXING AND CODE-SWITCHING IN NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF A SELECTED CAMPAIGN SPEECH OF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF AKACHI ADIMORA-EZEIGBO’S TRAFFICKED
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF BANK ADVERTISEMENTS IN NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S THE THING AROUND YOUR NECK
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTED NIYI OSUNDARE’S SOCIO-POLITICAL POETRY
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SOME SELECTED POEMS OF WOLE SOYINKA
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SOME SELECTED POEMS OF WOLE SOYINKA
• A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF SOME SELECTED POEMS OF WOLE SOYINKA
• AESTHETIC OF AFRICANISM IN CAMARA LAYE’S THE AFRICAN CHILD AND THE RADIANCE OF THE KING
• AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE IN TANURE OJAIDE’S THE ACTIVIST AND HELON HABILA’S WAITING FOR AN ANGEL
• AFRICANISM THEME, AND TECHNIQUE IN AMOS TUTUOLA’S THE PALMWINE DRINKARD
• ART AND POLITICS IN WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY AND OLA ROTIMI’S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN
• CHARACTERS AND JOURNEY IN AMOS TUTUOLA’S THE PALM WINE DRINKARD AND GABRIEL AJADI’S THE FOREST OF GOD ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF D. O. FAGUNWA’S IGBO OLODUMARE
• CHARACTERIZATION AND SYMBOLISM IN OLU OBAFEMI’S WHEELS AND NGUGI WA THIONGO’S A GRAIN OF WHEAT
• CLASS STRATIFICATION, POVERTY AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE (A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF FESTUS IYAYI’S VIOLENCE AND OLU OBAFEMI WHEELS)
• CLASS STRUGGLE (A CASE STUDY OF FESTUS IYAYI’S VIOLENCE AND ANIMATA SOW FALL’S THE BEGGARS’ STRIKE)
• CODE MIXING AS A SOCIOLINGUISTIC MEDIUM IN SOME SELECTED SONGS IN THE NIGERIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY
• COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EMECHETA’S SECOND CLASS CITIZEN AND NWAPA’S EFURU
• CONFLICT BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND WESTERN CULTURE (A CASE STUDY OF SOYINKA’S DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN AND THE LION AND THE JEWEL)
• CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA’S INAUGURATION SPEECH (JANUARY 20, 2009)
• CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF OLA ROTIMI”S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN
• CULTURE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN BUCHI EMECHETA’S THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AND CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS
• EFFECTS OF NIGERIAN R&B MUSIC ON THE USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN NIGERIA
• EMERGENT TRADITION AND THE AFRICAN POETRY, A CASE STUDY OF TANURE OJAIDE’S THE “FATE OF VULTURES” AND “ENDLESS SONG”
• FACTS AND FICTION IN AKACHI ADIMORA - EZEIGBO’S CHILDREN OF THE EAGLE AND THE LAST OF THE STRONG ONES
• FEMINISM USING BUCHI EMECHETA’S ‘THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD’ AND ZAYNAB ALIKALI’S ‘THE STILL BORN’
• FEMINIST AESTHETIC IN ZAYNAB ALKALI’S THE STILLBORN AND THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN
• FEMINIST AESTHETICS IN OLA ROTIMI’S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN AND FEMI OSOFISAN’S MOROUNTODUN
• FEMINIST AESTHETICS IN OLA ROTIMI’S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN AND FEMI OSOFISAN’S MOROUNTODUN
• FEMINISTIC ISSUES IN AMA ATA AIDOO’S CHANGES AND SEFI ATTA’S EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME
• FOLKLORE AND THE QUEST FOR RE-INVENTION A STUDY OF WOLE SOYINKA’S DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN AND HOPE EGHAGHA’S DEATH NOT A REDEEMER
• GENDER DISCOURSE IN THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY (A CASE STUDY OF THE FEMALE GENDER IN TESS ONWUEMES GO TELL IT TO WOMEN)
• GENDER IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL CRISES IN IFEOMA OKOYE’S BEHIND THE CLOUDS AND MEN WITHOUT EARS
• GENDER ISSUES IN AKACHI ADIMORA EZEIGBO’S TRAFFICKED AND ZAYNAB ALKALI’S THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN
• IMAGES OF SOCIAL VICES IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN POETRY (A STUDY OF DENJA ABDULLAHI’S MAIROGO AND JIDE BALOGUN’S THE DESERT IN THE RIVER)
• LANGUAGE IN FEMINIST LITERATURE (A STUDY OF MARIAMA BA’S SO LONG A LETTER)
• LANGUAGE USE AND STYLE, AS A DEPICTION OF AFRICAN LITERATURE (AN EXAMPLE OF WOLE SOYINKA’S DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN)
• LEXICO - SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF VIEWPOINT COLUMN OF PUNCH NEWSPAPER
• MAGIC POETRY A STUDY OF ARUGBA INVOCATION IN OSUN OSOGBO FESTIVAL
• MOTHER TONGUE INTERFERENCE IN ENGLISH NEWS CAST (A CASE OF A KWARA TELEVISION NEWS)
• MULTILINGUALISM AND THE QUESTION OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE IN NIGERIA
• MYTHOLOGY AND AFRICANISM. A STUDY OF AMOS TUTUOLA’S THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD (1961) AND WOLE SOYINKA’S THE FOREST OF A THOUSAND DAEMONS (1982)
• NON-RECEPTION OF ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE IN ADULTS
• ORATURE IN MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE USING: WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY
• PATRIARCHY AND MATRIARCHY AS NEGATIVE THEMES IN SELECTED WORKS OF FLORA NWAPA’S EFURU AND ATA AMA AIDOO’S ANOWA
• PERSPECTIVES ON COLONIALISM (A STUDY OF ALEX LA GUMA’S “A WALK IN THE NIGHT” AND R.K NARAYAN’S “A HORSE AND TWO GOATS”)
• PERSPECTIVES ON COLONIALISM (A STUDY OF NGUGI WA THIONGO AND MICERE MUGO’S THE TRIAL OF DEDAN KIMATHI AND ATHOL FUGARD’S SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD
• POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER USING THE ACTIVIST BY TANURE OJAIDE AND ARROW OF RAIN BY OKE NDIBE
• POLITICS AND AESTHETICS IN SELECTED PLAYS OF WOLE SOYINKA
• POST–COLONIALISM AND LITERARY AESTHETICS (A STUDY OF SOYINKA’S DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN AND A DANCE OF THE FORESTS
• PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED POEMS OF BAYO ADEBOWALE
• RACISM AND AESTHETICS IN ALEX LA GUMA’S A WALK IN THE NIGHT AND PETER ABRAHAMS’ MINE BOY
• RACISM AND OPPRESSION IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE (AN EXAMPLE OF RICHARD WRIGHT’S BLACK BOY)
• RELIGION AND MORALITY IN JOHN UPDIKE’S ‘A&P’ AND SALMAN RUSHDIE’S ‘THE PROPHET’S HAIR’
• REVOLUTIONARY AESTHETICS IN NGUGI AND MUGO’S THE TRIAL OF DEDAN KIMATHI AND HUSSEIN’S KINJEKETILE
• RHETORIC OF POWER; POWER OF RHETORIC DISCOURSE IMPLICATION OF MASS MEDIA JINGLES ON HIVAIDS
• SATIRE AND SOCIAL MEDIATION IN WOLE SOYINKA’S (A CASE STUDY OF THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO AND A PLAY OF GIANTS)
• SATIRE IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN POETRY (A STUDY OF TAYO OLAFIOYE’S A CARNIVAL OF LOOTERS AND MUSA I. OKPANACHI’S THE EATERS OF THE LIVING)
• SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF NIYI OSUNDARE’S (THE EYE OF THE EARTH)
• SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ALIENATION IN HELON HABILA’S WAITING FOR AN ANGEL
• SOCIO-POLITICAL MOTIFS IN NIYI OSUNDARE’S THE EYE OF THE EARTH AND VILLAGE VOICES
• SYMBOLS AND IMAGES AS POETIC TECHNIQUES IN SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY, THE EXAMPLE OF DENNIS BRUTUS AND OSWALD MBUYISENI MTSHALI
• SYMBOLS OF DECADENCE IN AYI KWEI ARMAH’S THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN
• SYNTACTIC AND LEXICO-SEMANTIC ANALYSES OF SELECTED SMS TEXT MESSAGES AMONG THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN STUDENTS
• THE CONCEPT OF FEMINISM
  IN BUCHI EMECHETA’S SECOND CLASS CITIZEN
  AND OKOYE IFEOMA’S BEHIND THE CLOUDS
  
• THE EFFECTS OF NIGERIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH IN UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
  
• THE IMPACT OF YORUBA LANGUAGE ON THE SPOKEN ENGLISH OF STUDENTS (INDIGENES) OF ILORIN (TOWNSHIP)
  
• THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ON OUR NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES (EXAMPLES OF BORROWING FROM ENGLISH INTO YORUBA BY UNILORIN UNDERGRADUATES)
  
• THE LANGUAGE OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION (A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SOME SELECTED PENTECOSTAL DENOMINATIONS)
  
• THE MYTHOLOGICAL ICONS IN AMOS TUTUOLA THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD
  
• THE OSUN OSOGBO FESTIVAL (ITS FUNCTIONS AND AESTHETICS)
  
• THE POLITICAL RHYTHM IN THE POETRY OF JACK MAPANJE THE CHATTERING WAGTAIL OF MIKUYU PRISON AND OF CHAMELEONS AND GODS: THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
  
• THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA AS IN THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD BY BUCHI EMECHETA
  
• THE ROMANTIC PHILOSOPHY IN THE POETRY OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AND SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
  
• THE SOCIOLOGICAL INDICES OF AFRICAN DRAMA (A STUDY OF WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY A LAGOSIAN KALEIDOSCOPE AND OLU OBAFEMI’S SCAPEGOATS AND SACRED COWS)
  
• THEMATIC EXPLORATION OF BUCHI EMECHETA THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AND SECOND CLASS CITIZEN
  
• THEME OF VENGEANCE IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET AND MERCHANT OF VENICE
  
• THEMES AND IMAGERY IN SELECTED ROMANTIC POEMS
  
• TRADITIONAL AESTHETICS TRANSFER AND THE AFRICAN NOVELISTS (A STUDY OF ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART AND LAYE’S THE AFRICAN CHILD)
  
• UTOPIANISM AND CHARATERISATION IN AMINATA SOWFALL’S THE BEGGER’S STRIKE AND SEMBENE OUSMANE’S XALA