Date of Award
1988
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Faraci, Mary
Abstract
The illustrations in this thesis provide an insight into the findings that the text is a joint product of an interpretive community. The underlying knowledge of a Kenyan reader is loaded with constraints that are a product of British colonialism, a specific history, background, and experience. The application of this underlying knowledge during the interpretation of Charles Dickens's Hard Times requires several adjustments to this text. The art of Dickens's structuring of Hard Times would be lost on the reader who is not familiar with the differences between the uses and effects of various styles of English writing. This thesis seeks to show that the conscientious critic could reveal to the non-native speaker the differences in styles of writing in the speeches of Dickens's characters.
Extent
68 p.
Recommended Citation
Makotsi, Joseph M M, "Dickens's "Hard Times" and the Kenyan reader" (1988). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 620.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/620
Identifier
FADT14493
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1988.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters