The a im of the present study is to i dentify a nd describernthe literary styles of Haddis Alemayehu and Bctctlu Girma. Tornfaci li tate this, the study is di vi~ed into four chapte rs . Thernf i r st chapt",r is intended to give a urief vi8w of the conceptrnof style and to limit the ancle from which the study i s underta!(rnen . It a l so limits the purpose and scope of the st udy.rnChap tel.'s two and three contain the major portion of the 1'8-rnsearch. They are se l f - containGd sections ~hat present detail edrndescri ptions of the major features of the sty l es of the twornEthiopian nO'Je li s ts. In chapter two, t he mas t outstanding andrnt'requently occuI'rin;; styl i st i c features of Haddis Al emayehu arerndescribed in their contexts. In the thi rd chapter, it Is thernstyle of Baalu Girma that i s presented. As in the precedingrnchapter, a detailed description of the l'emar l