Perspective comparison of structures and themes of two ancient epic poems and Muyaka’s poems
Keywords:
classicism, epic, literature, poems, structure, themesAbstract
Literature explains about events and occurences of a paticular society. The Works of literature copy structures, styles and themes from other literary Works written before them. In this perspective, this journal aims at comparing structures and themes between two ancient epic poems and poems written by Muyaka. This ancient epic poems are: Utendi wa Al- Inkishafi and Liyongo. Through this analysis we would establish if there are similar and different structural and themal characteristics between Muyaka’s poems and the two ancient epic poems given that they were composed at the same period. This analysis was led by the theory of classicism. The tenets of this theory are: ancient terminologies, high level of creativity, quoting writers who wrote in different time periods among many others. According to the theory of classicism, the Works of literature were measured based on other literary works. This measurement brought about rules and regulations that identified good composition of literary works. On the other hand, epic poems that were discussed in this journal are in the book of Tenzi za Kale that was edited.
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