Stylistic Analysis of the Narrative Structure of the Scream of Ola by Onyekachi Peter Onuoha

Abstract

Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. It aims to account for how texts project meaning, how readers construct meaning and why readers respond to texts in the way that they do. This work, therefore, is a stylistic analysis of the narrative structure used in Onyekachi Peter Onuoha’s novel The Scream of Ola. The structure of a narrative defines the purpose of a work. More than simply giving an audience what they expect, the proper formation of character, plot, theme, and genre communicates the artist’s deepest intent. The study affirms that story structure may not be everything, but everything purposeful needs structure.