Performance and oral text

This research, the Stylistic analysis of oral traditional funeral poetry in Awkuzu, aims to depict the importance of oral traditional funeral poetry in Awkuzu community and its impact in the community’s everyday life. Precisely the study seeks to analyze the stylistic features associated with oral traditional funeral poetry in Awkuzu, to examine the effect of death in the life of Awkuzu people as expressed through oral traditional funeral poetry and to convey the gender disparity associated with them. The data for analysis was collected through interview, non- participant observation and library research. The dirges are arranged in to sections according to the gender of the deceased involved. The data are studied immensely and analyzed by identifying the stylistic features of the funeral dirges. The ethnopoetic theory was employed in this study, the study looked at the style, performance, the oral text and also written text in regards of the ethnopoetic analysis. The dirges are compared with one another to find out the language features and as well depict the effect of death and gender disparity in them