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ABSTRACT
This paper examines the thematic preoccupation of history, religion and language in the selected short stories from Sophia Akhuemokhan's Changing Colours and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown". With the increasing interest in religious literature, several literature texts have captured themes that are about religious concerns in diverse ways. The selected texts examines the theme of history, religion and language using the sociological literary criticism. The theme of history borders on the Christian cultural background of the African and American society. The Christian religion is examined with exceptional focus on diverging religious values and norms as well as its influence on social life. The figurative use of language which is creatively employed in communicating certain religious ideas that transcend the physical world. Religion consists of everyday life experiences which over time develops into an institution and belief system consisting of customs, traditions and practices alongside distinct cultural varieties. Religion is capable of influencing social outcomes, however in the hands of modernization, rationalization, science and technology, it is likely to face possible extinction as depicted in the texts. Drawing resources from relevant sources, this research paper establishes the thematic preoccupation of history, religion and language in Sophia Akhuemokhan's selected short stories from Changing Colours and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown".
