CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FOR CULTURAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF SOME SELECTED WORKS OF FATIMA AKILU
Table Of Contents
Chapter ONE
1.1 Introduction 1.2 Background of study
1.3 Problem Statement
1.4 Objective of study
1.5 Limitation of study
1.6 Scope of study
1.7 Significance of study
1.8 Structure of the research
1.9 Definition of terms
Chapter TWO
2.1 Overview of Children's Literature 2.2 Importance of Children's Literature in Cultural Integration
2.3 Role of Authors in Promoting Cultural Integration through Children's Literature
2.4 Themes in Children's Literature Focused on Cultural Integration
2.5 Impact of Illustrations in Children's Literature on Cultural Understanding
2.6 Comparison of Cultural Elements in Different Children's Literature Works
2.7 Reception of Children's Literature for Cultural Integration
2.8 Challenges Faced in Creating Culturally Integrated Children's Literature
2.9 Trends in Children's Literature for Cultural Integration
2.10 Future Prospects of Children's Literature in Promoting Cultural Integration
Chapter THREE
3.1 Research Design 3.2 Sampling Methods
3.3 Data Collection Techniques
3.4 Data Analysis Procedures
3.5 Ethical Considerations in Research
3.6 Validity and Reliability of Research Instruments
3.7 Limitations of the Research Methodology
3.8 Research Approach Selection
Chapter FOUR
4.1 Analysis of Data on Cultural Integration in Children's Literature 4.2 Interpretation of Findings
4.3 Comparison of Selected Works in Promoting Cultural Integration
4.4 Discussion on the Role of Language in Cultural Integration
4.5 Examination of Illustrations and Cultural Representation
4.6 Addressing Challenges in Creating Culturally Integrated Children's Literature
4.7 Recommendations for Enhancing Cultural Integration through Children's Literature
4.8 Future Research Directions
Chapter FIVE
5.1 Conclusion 5.2 Summary of Findings
5.3 Implications of the Study
5.4 Contribution to Knowledge
5.5 Recommendations for Further Action
Thesis Abstract
In the Nigerian state lies the problem of unity ever since its existence. Overtime, the literary artists alongside other sectors have joined their voices in the search for an answer. The NYSC Scheme, the Unity Schools, the Federal Character Principle and State Creations are examples of some policies intended to achieve national unity. In addition to these measures, the research proposed the option of Children‟s literature because of its inherent integrating potentials. To this extent, the research employed textual analysis to examine scholarly potentials on cultural integration and Children‟s literature. In the process it specifically focuses on four of Fatima Akilu’s Millennium Development Goals series Timi’s Dream Comes True, Preye and the Sea of Plastics, The Red Transistor Radio and Aliyyah Learns a New Dance. The stories are fore grounded in Nigeria‟s vision 2020 project and help in advocating these governmental policies in a new aesthetic dimension through the child character. In addition, the books provide a lens through which ethnic and racial superiority can be interrogated thereby enhancing cultural integration in Nigeria which is the bedrock for unity. The research used the New Historicism theory in its analysis of the primary texts. New historicism investigates how social structures, in this case, political and cultural, are represented in literature. The theory also shows how the texts reflect the time and society within which they are produced by narrating the historical, socio-economic and other aspects of life within the society they emanate from and the multiple viewpoints embedded within the texts. However, some aspects of Reader Response criticism is deployed in the analysis to complement the short comings of the New Historicism theory. The research concludes that a major cure for ethnicity and tribalism in a heterogeneous society like Nigeria is a medication of cultural integration injected in Children‟s literature.
Thesis Overview
1.1 Background to the Study 1
1.1.1 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 5
1.1.2 Biosketch of Fatima Akilu 7
1.1.3 Children‟s Literature:From Infancy to Maturation 9
1.1.4 Children‟s Literature in Nigeria 14
1.2 Statement of the Problem 17
1.3 Aim and Objectives 18
1.4 Justification of the Study 19
1.5 Significance of the Study 20
1.6 Delimitation of the Study 20
1.7 Research Methodology 21
1.8 Theoretical Framework 21
1.8.1 The Key Proponents of the New Historicism Theory 24
1.8.2 Basic Tenets of New Historicism 26
1.8.3 Reader Response Theory 27
1.9 Conclusion 28
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