ABSTRACT

This study analyzes the stylistic devices used by Emeka Nwabueze and Esiaba Irobi in their plays, A Parliament of Vultures’ and Esiaba Irobi's 'Nwokedi' respectively. It explores the stylistic elements employed by the playwrights, shedding light on the unique voices that characterize their expressions about the socio-political issue of corruption, particularly in Nigerian leadership. The study explores the graphological, syntactic and lexico-Semantic features inherent in the selected plays and then explains how these features have been deployed by the playwrights to describe the current issues of corruption in African society. This study highlights the use of punctuation marks, unconventional structures, sentence constructions, diction and figures of speech as stylistic devices to convey their unique perspectives on socio-political decadence. This study has restricted it's scope to a linguistic analysis of the plays. It underscores the significance of stylistic analysis in unraveling the layers of meaning, artistic techniques, and unique aesthetics embedded in both plays.