Language, Power, and Ideology: A Critical Linguistic Study of Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather

The paper examines language as a discourse mode of communicating the modulations and dimensions power in Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather. explores relationship between social relationships narrative. focus essay is on shifting encounters. adopts critical linguistic study (CLS) to underpin how consciousness permeate theoretical model draws from works Roger Fowler Norman Fairclough. By adopting these models analyses demonstrates that particular modal structures are highlighted speeches actions characters reveal consciousness. There lack comprehensive they implicate ideology using approach criticism narrative fiction Africa. aim highlight used transmit diverse ideological orientations, types predominate construction different realities. major finding narrative, mechanism asymmetrical relations which reveals power, ideology. concludes by revealing subordinate groups acquire through agency, this resist overcome constraining actualities domination oppression dominant wielders.