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Metaphorical Language in the Representation of Political Issues in Swahili Novels: A Focus on Kiza Katika Nuru and Chozi la Heri

Received: 26 July 2022     Accepted: 10 August 2022     Published: 24 August 2022
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This research entailed an analysis of metaphorical language in the representation of political issues in Swahili novels, a focus on Kiza Katika Nuru and Chozi la Heri. Stylistic devices play a very key role in any literary work. Therefore, this research aimed at analyzing metaphorical language in the representation of politics in the selected novels. The study adopted a qualitative research design since it intended to explain a naturally occurring phenomenon. The study adopted purposive sampling where two novels namely: Chozi la Heri and Kiza katika Nuru were used as sources of data. In collecting data, the researcher read the selected novels and extracted the literary devices that depicted political issues. Data analysis and presentation was done descriptively based on the objectives of the research. The study was guided by the relevance theory and the stylistics theory. The relevance theory was proposed by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson in 1986. It holds the principle that communication process involves not only encoding, transfer and decoding of messages, but also numerous other elements including inference and context. Stylistics theory of Viktor Shklovsky 1904, deals with the study of textual meaning. The study found out that the authors of the selected novels used metaphorical language to depict political issues. The literary devices used to represent political issues include: similes, symbolism, proverbs, metaphors, and catch phrases/idioms. Political issues depicted by the literary devices include: post- election violence, voting and votes’ theft, women and politics, corruption, political assassinations, youth and post-election violence and citizen oppression.

Published in International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijla.20221004.20
Page(s) 262-265
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Keywords

Metaphorical Language, Political Issues, Swahili Novels

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