Linguistic and Literary Text-mining of Tanure Ojaide and Niyi Osundare's Poetry: A Stylistic Approach
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Abstract:
Background of study: It is a peremptory call to explore the realm of Digital Humanities by using digital tools and methods to analyse and extract insights from large collections of poetic texts, revealing patterns, themes, and stylistic features that may not be apparent through traditional close reading.
Aims and scope of paper: This paper utilizes computational text-mining and linguistic analysis to investigate the stylistic and thematic elements in two Nigerian poetry collections: Tanure Ojaide's The Tale of the Harmattan and Niyi Osundare's The Word is an Egg.
Methods: Being qualitative research, with quantitative embedment, that seeks the commonness and frequency of themes such as social justice, cultural identity and folkloric attachment to the poetry works, simple random sampling technique was employed to select the data for analysis.
Result: Afterwards, it was revealed that both collections employ distinctive imagery and metaphor to critique power structures and promote social justice, exploring themes such as identity, culture, and social justice. The findings further demonstrate the effectiveness of computational text-mining in uncovering patterns and trends in poetry collections, offering new insights into literary analysis.
Conclusion: Consequently, this study advances that the understanding and application of digital humanities in literary research provides fresh perspectives on Nigerian poetry.
Keywords: Computational , Linguistics , Humanities , Poetry , Stylistics Text Mining
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Author Biography
Jibola Kaosara Busari , Kwara State University, Malete
Jibola Busari is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. She is currently pursuing a PhD. in literature in English with a focus on Postcolonial Studies. Her research interests include African diaspora narratives, postcolonial feminism, migration studies, and identity formation in contemporary African literature.
