Morphological Deviation in Africa’s New Brood by Timothy Wangusa

This article attempts to examine the use of morphological deviation as a style foregrounding in Timothy Wangusa’s poetry collection -Africa’s New Brood. According Geoffrey Leech, “poetic language may violate or deviate from generally observed rules many ways, some obvious, subtle. Both means and motive for are worth careful study” (Leech, 1969, p. 5) It is this licentious that brings “…about an alienation poetic everyday language” (Leech 19). With deviation, focus will be put on morphemes words being lowest meaningful unit(s) syntactic organisation. Morphemes building blocks words. One way producing by adding ending word it would not normally added to. achieved affixation (adding prefixes suffixes words). Morphological concerns (building words) (Short 1996, 51). either said “bound” if they part others “free” can stand alone complete also explicate reason(s) which Wangusa uses his poetry. Previous studies issues originality conclude was greatly influenced classical western literary traditions (Alfredo Okello 2005). Other novels short story such, aspects like themes narrative techniques but deviation. leaves much studied variable Africa’s study intended exactly fill such gaps create new insights into justifies why research worthwhile evaluates how employs foregrounding.