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International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature
Volume 6, Issue 4, 2018, Page No: 1-15

Transitivity Analysis of Gabriel Okara's The Voice

Noureni Boukari1*,Leonard A.Koussouhon2

1.Department of English, University of Parakou, 02 BP 131 Parakou, Republic of Benin.
2.University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin.

Citation : Noureni Boukari,Leonard A.Koussouhon, Transitivity Analysis of Gabriel Okara's The Voice International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature 2018, 6(4) : 1-15

Abstract

This article is meant to point out the overall message conveyed in Gabriel Okara's novel, The Voice (1964). Based on Systemic Functional Linguistics, the article focuses on the investigation of the ideational meaning by looking into the transitivity patterns. Examining two key extracts under such a linguistic-stylistic angle will contribute with enough scientific evidence to revealing that, indeed, as may be noticed by any reader (ordinary readers and scholars alike), the main character Okolo's "search for it" is the main topic that runs along most pages of the literary artifact under study. From the investigation of the different process types that occur in the selected text, one can realize that it is all about man's perpetual need to always take action, to understand the meaning of life, to set a fair society and to reach salvation.


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