LITERARY THEORY, CRITICISM AND HISTORY: AN EXAMINATION OF THE WORKS OF SOME SELECTED LITERARY WRITERS.

Ayaka Rigima Obadiah

Department of General Studies

College of Agriculture, Lafia, Nasarawa State

ABSTRACT

Many writers express their opinions, feelings and personalities through the works of art. Some voice their thought on socio-political issues and philosophy. In a novel, the writer is totally immersed in a word of imagination which is other than his conscious self. He is the medium or an instrument used in conveying a message. It is in the light of this the paper examines the terms “Literary theory, criticism and History in relation to the works of some selected literary writers.