Literary Strategies in Yvonne Owuor's Dust and Meja Mwangi's The Last Plague

Abstract

A few works have been written on Owuor’s Dust as well as Mwangi’s The Last Plague such as by Burkeywo (2015), Liswaniso (2016) and Muindu (2015) but none has been done on their literary strategies. This study explores the strategies used in Dust by Yvonne Owuor (2014) and The Last Plague (2014) by Meja Mwangi. This paper involves the views of different critics and scholars regarding strategies and their significance. The researcher carried out a close textual analysis of the two novels using qualitative analysis. The review revealed that Owuor and Mwangi used different techniques such as narrative technique, flashback, metaphors, similes, Swahili words, and dialogue among others that helped in developing themes.