Narrative Voice As Applied To Dhaba Woyessas Godaannisa And Gurraacha Abbayyaa A Comparative Study

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The purpose of this study is to analyze how a narrative voice isrnmanifested in two Oromo narratives: Godaannisa and GurraacharnAbbayyaa, written by Dhaba Woyyessa. The intention is to show howrnan author applies different styles from text to text in terms of narrativernvoice. It is also attempted to indicate that the application of voice in arnnarrative can be analyzed not only irrespective of the medium but alsornirrespective of the language in which the narrative is presented.rnWhen analyzed critically, as Genette (1980), Booth (1983), Phelanrn(1996) and Bal (1997) among others would argue, a narrative voice canrnhelp to understand the characteristics of a certain text. So to analyzernthe narrative voice in each selected narrative, source, level, text andrntime relationship, and degrees of conspicuousness and reliability of thernnarrator are used as criteria. The study revealed that the narrativernvoice in Godaannisa is a personified, extra-homodiegetic, overt,rnretrospective and unreliable while the narrative voice in GurraacharnAbbayyaa is unpersonified, extra-hetrodiegetic, moderately overt,rnretrospective and slightly unreliable.rnThe paper is organised into four chapters. The first chapter introducesrnthe problem, objectives, research questions, limitations and significancernof the study. The second chapter contains review of related literaturernwhere concepts related to narrative voice, an assessment of relatedrnstudies and a design of a theoretical framework are presented. In thernthird chapter, an analysis of narrative voice in each selected narrativernis presented. The fourth and final chapter consists of comparativernsummaries of narrative voices in the two narratives by way ofrnconclusion.

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Narrative Voice As Applied To Dhaba Woyessas Godaannisa And Gurraacha Abbayyaa A Comparative Study

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