Abstract
<p>The aim of this paper is to analyze mood, epistemic and deontic modality patterns in an extract culled from <em>Yellow-Yellow</em> (2006) by one of the Nigerian new millennium female writer, Kaine Agary. The findings data revealed by the interpersonal meaning analysis are discussed against the backdrop of critical discourse analysis and womanist theory. The discussion contended that, despite the blend of monologic and dialogic organization of the novel, Kaine Agary has tried to portray the sociological schisms making up the daily life of young girls in the oil-resourced region of Nigeria. More importantly, the authoress has shown women’s determination and commitment to support Zilayefa to succeed in achieving good results in education while the major male character goes against this developmental stream flow by impregnating her. The mood and modality choices operated show some kind of power and hierarchy relations and conflicting ideologies between Sisi, Lolo, Zilayefa and Admiral. The discursive interpretation eventually found out that the interpersonal meaning description and critical discussion can properly work together towards achieving consensus. It is agreed that the hidden authorial ideology behind Kaine Agary’s fictional text is geared towards a pro-women social change for a more balanced African society. This is, of course, the gist priorities and great topical issues calling for urgent response at this time.</p>
Highlights
The new trend in African fiction is being more and more focused on women social emancipation and empowerment
The aim of this paper is to analyze mood, epistemic and deontic modality patterns in an extract culled from Yellow-Yellow (2006) by one of the Nigerian new millennium female writer, Kaine Agary
This article is premised on the exploration of the grammar of interpersonal meaning by focusing on mood choices, deontic and epistemic modality patterns
Summary
The new trend in African fiction is being more and more focused on women social emancipation and empowerment. Many gender mainstreaming advocacy policies being developed in this regard in Africa including the community-based girls care and protection that is one of the cornerstones portrayed in Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow (2006) This novel set in the Niger Delta, township of Port Harcourt, paints sociocultural and power relations among women, and between women and men impersonated in characters like Sisi, Lolo, Zilayefa and Admiral. This article is premised on the exploration of the grammar of interpersonal meaning by focusing on mood choices, deontic and epistemic modality patterns In the process, it analyzes an extract culled from the novel under study, discusses the findings data against the dual backdrop of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and womanist theory in order to underscore the social change ideology embedded therein. The modulated interrogative mood along with some epistemic and deontic modality choices will reveal the other side of the medal painted in the same fiction through Admiral- the lionized male character who has used his political and economic power to influence and impregnate the young girl who entirely bit the bait and got caught in the love trap
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