A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Extremism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus (2003)

Abstract

This study conducts a critical –stylistic study of Adichie’s purple Hibiscus a Nigerian-American Novelist. It concentrates on portraying the concept of extremism by using a sophisticated linguistic frame work. Applying Jeffries’  textual conceptual model of analysis which includes ten tools of analysis .The study adopts ten extracts from the chosen novel that corresponds specifically the concept ideology of extremism .In this study, the researcher adopts a qualitative methodology of analysis of the selected extracts to uncover  the implication of all ten tools of the model are applied with special emphasis on some devices such as contrasting ,representing ,states and actions .The effective use of language by Adichie which is indicated by the findings of the analysis. The analysis highlights the inherited contradictions in extremist ideologies focusing on destructive  effects on individual and society.Adichie motivates the readers to critically engage by employing  certain techniques  such as describing, naming and negation in order to investigate  the radical legitimacy of extremism. Finally the Purple Hibiscus addresses a deep critique of extremism and illustrating the effective role of language in shaping and uncovering hidden ideologies in narrative.