EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts最新文献

What a sound! Diegetic and non-diegetic music in the films of Túndé Kèlání 好大的声音!Túndé Kèlání电影中的叙事音乐和非叙事音乐

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.15

Kayode Samuel, Samuel A. Adejube

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Stylistic analysis of Nigerian prose: A reading of selected novels of Chukwuemeka Ike 尼日利亚散文文体分析:楚克乌梅卡·艾克小说选集读本

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.16

C. Patrick

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Pragma-semiotic analysis of equivocality in Tess Onwueme’s drama 苔丝·翁乌梅戏剧中模糊性的语用符号学分析

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.21

Olúwafúnminíyì Mábáwínkú

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Socio-political consideration of Kunle Afolayan’s directorial experiment in October 1 十月一日Kunle Afolayan导演实验的社会政治考量

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.23

Nicholas Efe Akpore, Adewale Oyewo

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Theoretical analysis on persuasive communication in advertising and its application in marketing communication 广告说服传播的理论分析及其在营销传播中的应用

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.17

A. Ogah, Dennis Oche Abutu

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Beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning-hooks: Transforming the traditional media of communication from drivers of conflict to instruments for peace and security: Examples from Hakamat singers in Sudan’s Darfur 把剑变成犁头，把矛变成镰刀:把传统的传播媒介从冲突的推动者转变为和平与安全的工具:以苏丹达尔富尔的哈卡玛特歌手为例

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.25

D. Adekera

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Fictional representation of facts: Memory and indictment in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah 事实的虚构再现:奇曼达·阿迪奇的《美国人》中的记忆与控诉

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.20

Onyeka Ike, O. O. Otu

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Character as social semiotic in Wole Soyinka’s The lion and the jewel 索因卡《狮子与宝石》中人物的社会符号学意义

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.14

O. Iroegbu

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A literary analysis of Yoruba-Ifá oral poetry and its implication for entertainment and cultural education in Nigeria 约鲁巴-伊夫<e:1>口述诗歌的文学分析及其对尼日利亚娱乐和文化教育的影响

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.19

B. Adeseye, Harry Olufunwa, Afolabi Innocent Ariremako

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Discourse study of linguistic errors in Vanguard online readers’ comments on the alleged 2012 fuel subsidy committee bribery scandal 先锋网络读者对2012年燃油补贴委员会贿赂案评论中语言错误的话语研究

EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.4314/ejotmas.v8i1-2.18

C. F. Akpati, Janet Abimbola Adegboye

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