Elite-Universitaetsjournal enters its Vol.3 with yet more interdisciplinary academic essays. This edition of our journal covers writings in Accountancy and lack of accountability in Nigeria, medicine, and Russian literature, Gender in African and German literature and intercultural dialogue as well as Engr. Boni. Madubunyi’s Geo-sciences and African development. However our major theme centers chiefly on Nigerian, nay African leadership and developmental problems such as unemployment as presented by Gbenga Kaka, a senator of the federal Republic of Nigeria and the fmr. Dep. Governor of Ogun State, Nigeria; health as packaged by Prof Lubosch, a Russian academic; Russian Literature and Africa as presented by Prof. Dusenko, an Ukrainian versatile scholar; lack of accountability and prudent managerial skills as written by John Uzokwe, the former Managing Director Finance of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria; Gender complementarity and intercultural dialogue as well as Heinrich Boell’s literary prophetic protest as analyzed by Ikechukwu, Aloysius, Orjinta, the fmr. Head of Department of Foreign Languages and Literary Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Okwesilieze nwodo’s the role of political parties in the leadership development in Nigeria and Africa in the third millennium is an attempt by this seasoned politician and the former National Secretary and Chairman respectively of the ruling political party in Nigeria (PDP) to let the world know that politics is not a dirty game; It is man and woman who soil it.
Our shortlisted and carefully edited works are the fruits of research that are harvested from scholars from the United States, Ukraine, Russia, Britain and Nigeria. These writings will be of great benefit to students and researchers in the fields of learning listed above. If our journal is of benefit to you, feel free to be part of us.
- Dr. Dr. Ikechukwu. A. Orjinta
Table of Contents
1. Aminata Sow Fall. The Author, her Background and her Literary Works. Awomanist Appraisal.
2. Une perspective analysante de Vol de nuit d’ Antoine d’Exupery.
3. Black Friday.
4. Urhobo is beset by Security Challenges.
5. Women’s Voices and Actions in Achebe’s literary Works.
6. Political Campaigns and the two Step flow Paradigm in the 2007 Governorship election in Enugu, Nigeria.
7. La Poesie Negra: Poetics and Radical Eloquence in Black Latin America.
8. SCIENTIFIC PEDAGOGIC AND DISCOURSE GRAMMARS AND THEIR RELEVANCE IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
9. COLLOCATION AND MEANING IN LANGUAGE: A RE-EXAMINATION.
10. Biographies and Personalities.
11. THE DECADENCE OF THE 19TH CENTURY GERMAN AND FRENCH SOCIETIES IN GERHART HAUPTMANN’S BEFORE DAWN AND EMILE ZOLA’S GERMINAL
12. Creative Writers and Human Behaviour: An Evaluation of Rems Umeasiegbu’s The Inevitable Aftermath and End of the Road
13. Environmental Activism and Artistic Techniques in Mbagiorgu’s Wake Up Everyone
Objective & Topics
This volume serves as an interdisciplinary academic platform focusing primarily on gender-aware research across various fields. The primary objective is to facilitate a scholarly network that promotes high-quality research, networking among researchers, and the dissemination of authentic knowledge to future generations, with a specific focus on social critiques and linguistic analysis.
- Gender-conscious social and literary critique.
- Political communication and media influence in Nigeria.
- Linguistic theory, specifically collocation and pedagogic grammars.
- Environmental activism and its representation in theatre.
- The intersection of nature, nurture, and human behaviour in literature.
Excerpt from the Book
Black Friday
My mother used to lock me in our flat after school every day for reasons I could not understand. I was simply not to mix with other children in Ngwa road: Street urchins who roamed the neighbourhood bare-bodied and unkempt. And she didn’t even know if they bathed, she always added. I still spent time with them though, speaking hours daily, watching them play Swell or In-Out from our backyard balcony, the second floor of our yard’s four-storeyed building. It was 1999, when I was nine years old, that she stopped. After one Friday.
I was waiting outside our school gates for our driver and thinking of the last stories Ndubuisi and Edu had related in the class on Wednesday. Frightening tales of Ndi Bakassi and how they caught thieves.
‘If they pass you and their machetes turn red, very red, like blood...’ Edu was saying.
‘That means you’ll be killed,’ Ndubuisi cut in excitedly. ‘But it’s not like blood o, like something like apple.’
Summary of Chapters
Aminata Sow Fall. The Author, her Background and her Literary Works. Awomanist Appraisal: This chapter provides a biographical and thematic analysis of Aminata Sow Fall, positioning her as a critical realist and social critic who explores Senegalese society through a womanist lens.
Une perspective analysante de Vol de nuit d’ Antoine d’Exupery: An analytical look at Saint-Exupéry’s novel, focusing on the structural and philosophical elements of pilot life and duty.
Black Friday: A narrative short story set in Nigeria depicting the childhood experience of the Bakassi boys phenomenon.
Urhobo is beset by Security Challenges: A sociolinguistic study investigating the threats to the Urhobo language and the factors contributing to its endangerment in Nigeria.
Women’s Voices and Actions in Achebe’s literary Works: An exploration of feminist leanings and the cultic/social roles of women in the novels of Chinua Achebe.
Political Campaigns and the two Step flow Paradigm in the 2007 Governorship election in Enugu, Nigeria: An analytical study of political communication, testing the two-step flow hypothesis in an election context.
La Poesie Negra: Poetics and Radical Eloquence in Black Latin America: An investigation into Afro-Hispanic poetry as an instrument of truth, liberation, and identity reclamation.
SCIENTIFIC PEDAGOGIC AND DISCOURSE GRAMMARS AND THEIR RELEVANCE IN LANGUAGE TEACHING: A pedagogical analysis of how different linguistic theories inform language teaching practices.
COLLOCATION AND MEANING IN LANGUAGE: A RE-EXAMINATION: A linguistic examination of the concept of collocation, distinguishing it from idiomatic expressions.
Biographies and Personalities: A biographical overview of Dr. Ikechukwu Aloysius Orjinta, highlighting his academic and ecclesiastical achievements.
THE DECADENCE OF THE 19TH CENTURY GERMAN AND FRENCH SOCIETIES IN GERHART HAUPTMANN’S BEFORE DAWN AND EMILE ZOLA’S GERMINAL: A comparative study of decadence, alcoholism, and industrialization in 19th-century German and French naturalistic literature.
Creative Writers and Human Behaviour: An Evaluation of Rems Umeasiegbu’s The Inevitable Aftermath and End of the Road: A psychological evaluation of how environment and heredity shape characters in the featured works.
Environmental Activism and Artistic Techniques in Mbagiorgu’s Wake Up Everyone: An analysis of how theatre blends activism and artistry to address environmental issues.
Keywords
Gender studies, Literary criticism, Political communication, Sociolinguistics, Collocation, Naturalism, Language endangerment, Environmental activism, Human behaviour, Post-colonial literature, Feminism, Nigeria, Africa, Linguistics, Decadence.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the core focus of this journal?
This journal is an interdisciplinary, gender-aware publication that targets academia, focusing on literary essays, social critiques, and pedagogical studies across various cultural contexts.
What are the primary thematic areas covered?
The themes include the analysis of African and European literature, linguistic theories, political communication strategies in elections, and the sociological study of language endangerment.
What is the primary goal of the research presented?
The primary goal is to provide a platform for researchers to present in-depth, rigorous research that network ideas and contribute authentic knowledge to current academic discourse.
Which scientific methods are employed in the studies?
The methodologies vary by chapter, including literary analysis, comparative studies of texts, structured oral interviews, and descriptive analysis of language data.
What is covered in the main section of the journal?
The main sections feature essays on novelists like Chinua Achebe and Aminata Sow Fall, analyses of political campaigns, studies on linguistics (pedagogy and collocation), and an evaluation of naturalistic drama.
How would you characterize the keywords?
The keywords reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the work, encompassing gender studies, literary criticism, sociolinguistics, and political communication.
What specific aspect of Nigerian literature is analyzed?
The journal analyzes the intersection of gender roles, environmental concerns, and socio-political challenges within works by authors such as Chinua Achebe, Rems Umeasiegbu, and Greg Mbajiorgu.
What does the journal conclude regarding the state of 19th-century society?
The journal explores the themes of decadence, alcoholism, and moral depravity mirrored in naturalistic literature, suggesting these were direct outcomes of industrialization in Europe.
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- Dr. Dr. Ikechukwu Aloysius Orjinta (Autor:in), 2012, Interdisciplinary Academic Essays vol 4. 2013, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/203348
