ENUMERATING AND EXEMPLIFYING AS CRITICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES IN KAINE AGARY'S YELLOW-YELLOW

Abstract

Writers express themselves differently. However, they all reflect aspects of human lives and address societal issues. Critical Stylistics is that branch of study that enables the investigation of a text to assess how social problems are expressed through language. This study is based on Enumeration and Exemplification as Critical Stylistic Devices in Kaine Agary's Yellow-Yellow. It, therefore, approaches the text Yellow-Yellow from a critical Stylistic perspective. With the main objectives of identifying the critical stylistic tools used by Kain Agary in the selected excerpts in Yellow-Yellow and identifying the effects of the identified tool on the text and its meaning, Jeffries' (2010) theory of Critical Stylistics was adopted to help complete the study. The study relied on both primary and secondary sources of data.  The data for analysis was purposively selected to suit the purpose of the study. The study revealed that Kaine Agary in Yellow-Yellow adopted the enumeration tool in his writing style. This is in response to the first objective. On the discourse meanings from the enumerations, Agary presents from a critical perspective issues that affect humanity and the society humans live in, particularly the oil-rich communities, such as corruption and its resultant consequences; how some illustrious sons help the outer world to destroy their ancestry; how some women change their skin colors with the use of creams to meet up with some standards, the destruction of sources of livelihood, vulnerability of the women of these communities and its effect as well as the obstruction of activities by hoodlums.