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1. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 21, Issue 1 (March 2021)pp. 102–110PDF of Messianic and Anti-Messianic Figurations in Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s The Brotherhood

   Messianic and Anti-Messianic Figurations in Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s The Brotherhood

   Chikaodili O. Obinyeluaku

   Abdel and the messiah, as well as his anti-messianic role in the religious conflict between moderate Islam and radical Islam and the implication of his anti-messianic role

2. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 25, Issue 2 (September 2025)pp. 442–462PDF of Psychosomatic Expressions in Selected Poems of Maya Angelou and Kamau Brathwaite

   Psychosomatic Expressions in Selected Poems of Maya Angelou and Kamau Brathwaite

   Caroline Olubunmi Nwaka and Anthonia-Greg Nwanekwu Chibuoke

   rhythm in selected poems by Angelou and Brathwaite provide important means through which psychological conflict, traumatic experience, memory, resilience, and identity are articulated. The study is theoretically grounded in trauma

3. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (March 2025)pp. 107–128PDF of The Novel as a Cultural Artefact in Africa

   The Novel as a Cultural Artefact in Africa

   Isaac Ojo Atere and Chukwunomsue Juliana Nwazodoni

   celebratory. Rather, the novels preserve cultural knowledge while critically interrogating traditions that generate exclusion, conflict and gendered oppression. The paper concludes that the African novel functions as a cultural artefact

4. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 25, Issue 1 (March 2025)pp. 147–167PDF of Identity (Re)construction: Postcolonial Identity and Mimicry in Sefi Atta’s A Bit of Difference

   Identity (Re)construction: Postcolonial Identity and Mimicry in Sefi Atta’s A Bit of Difference

   Joy I. Nwiyi and Esther M. Ibi

   negotiate identity through linguistic performance and accent, which become both a site of internal conflict for the postcolonial subject and a survival strategy. To counter Western acculturation, migrants strategically affirm

5. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 24, Issue 2 (September 2024)pp. 44–65PDF of Strategic Impoliteness as Political Persuasion: A Pragmatic Analysis of Nyesom Wike's Discourse in the Rivers State Political Crisis.

   Strategic Impoliteness as Political Persuasion: A Pragmatic Analysis of Nyesom Wike's Discourse in the Rivers State Political Crisis.

   Onyedikachi A. Okodo and Godwin Chibueze Didigwu

   sampled from Nigerian newspaper outlets across a bounded period of intra-party and gubernatorial conflict spanning September 2022 to August 2026, from which 22 discrete pragmkatic excerpts were purposively selected

6. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 24, Issue 1 (March 2024)pp. 85–101PDF of Titles as Conceptual Metaphors of Coloniality in Selected African Novels

   Titles as Conceptual Metaphors of Coloniality in Selected African Novels

   Chidiebere Chukwuemeka Eze and Thomas-Michael Emeka Chukwumezie

   words, objects, colours and structures can acquire metaphorical meanings that illuminate colonial legacies, cultural conflict, social hierarchy and struggles over identity. This study examines the titles of Ngugi wa Thiong

7. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 21, Issue 2 (September 2021)pp. 70–87PDF of The Denial of Female Autonomy: Possession and Power in Robert Browning’s Dramatic Monologues

   The Denial of Female Autonomy: Possession and Power in Robert Browning’s Dramatic Monologues

   Caroline Olubunmi Nwaka and Anthonia-Greg Nwanekwu Chibuoke

   Browning’s dramatic monologues have explored gender, jealousy, violence, sexuality, marriage, and psychological conflict, the relationship between the denial of female autonomy and the possessive exercise of power requires further