Abstract:
Communication
is an act of exchanging information from one point to
another; it is a very important activity of life. Humans and animals
communicate in different ways and for different purposes. Communication
could be either oral or written. However, the major concern
of this work is
the written form of communication .Written communication is the
exchange of information through letters, e-mails, blog etc.There are
different forms of written communication one of which is ‘the epistle’.
Epistles are a means of delivering communication through the use of
letters. An epistolary novel on the other hand is a novel written as a series
of documents in the form of a letter. Abubakar Gimba’s
letters to My
Children
and Mariama Ba’s
So Long a Letter
are the selected texts for this
research work. Therefore, this work sets out to explore the works of these
two great feminist writers who in their artistic efforts employed a unique
style of writing ‘the epistolary’ in order to convey their message(s) to their
readers.
