{"id":1973,"date":"2023-07-12T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/?page_id=1973"},"modified":"2023-10-30T07:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T07:53:16","slug":"the-push-pull-effect-of-literature-on-human-migration-a-reflection-vol2-issue3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/sodha-sari-vol-2-issue-03\/the-push-pull-effect-of-literature-on-human-migration-a-reflection-vol2-issue3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Push-Pull Effect of Literature on Human Migration: A Reflection vol2, issue3"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Push-Pull Effect of Literature on Human Migration: A Reflection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Okey-Kalu, Ozioma J.<\/b>
English Unit, General Studies Department, Federal School of Statistics, Enugu
Okorie, Okechukwu
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Migration involves the movement of humans or animals from one place to another. This movement could be on temporary or permanent bases. Migration could happen when people go in search of better source of income, higher standard of living, more secured society, presence of infrastructure and so on. However, sometimes the reason people move from and to a place is not certain. This study was carried out to ascertain if literature has any role to play in people\u2019s decisions to move from their current abode and to their destinations. The theory adopted for the study was the Push-Pull Theory of Migration. The study revealed that literature can be used to expose a society\u2019s positive and negative way of life, propagate or negate a philosophy, affect a reader\u2019s psychology, and so on. As a result, the researcher concludes that literature is a factor that influences migration. <\/p>

K<\/b>eywords:<\/b> Migration, literature, culture, causes of migration<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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One of the problems plaguing developing countries is emigration. Young talents in developing countries migrate in droves to developed economies in search of a greener pasture. Researchers have considered economic, social, and environmental factors as the induce migration. With that, they discovered communal conflict, unemployment, natural disaster, and unfavourable climate as forces that influence migration. However, attention has not been given to how literary works can induce migration. As a result, this current study described the meaning, features, and functions of literature, which can cause it to encourage people to either emigrate or immigrate to the societies captured in literary works. It anchored its argument on the Push and Pull Theory of Migration by Ernest Ravenstein to disclose that how literary artists portray their countries and societies can either attract or repel citizens and migrants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Okey-Kalu, Ozioma J<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>

Ozioma J. Okey-Kalu is a staff of the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria, but she serves the country as a lecturer of English at Federal School of Statistics, Enugu, Nigeria. She studied her first degree in English at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, and went further to obtain her master\u2019s degree in English at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, also in Nigeria. She is currently studying her doctorate degree in English at University of Nigeria Nsukka. Ozioma\u2019s current research interest spans across several fields of linguistics, which include Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, and Semiotics, three of which address her doctoral research. Besides her doctoral research, Ozioma is currently working on how rhetoric can be used judiciously to solve several human problems, such as insecurity and climate change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Okorie, Okechukwu\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

Okechukwu Okorie is a staff of National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria, who also serves as a lecturer of English at Federal School of Statistics, Manchok, Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is also studying his doctorate degree in English at University of Nigeria Nsukka. Okechwkwu has interest in studying phonetics and phonology of English. His PhD research is also related to his research interest.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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1. Ajayi, O. B. (2017). Literary language as a tool for cultural projection in Abiodun Awosanya\u2019s \u201cOmo Sewa\u201d. ANSU Journal of Language and Literary Studies (AJLLS), 1(4), 41 \u2013 47<\/p>

2. Arubi, T. A. (2018). Literature as a tool for sustenance of human dignity in the 21st century. ANSU Journal of Arts and Humanities (AJAAH), 5(2) 173 \u2013 178<\/p>

3. Asika, I. E. (2014). Literature and national consciousness: The relevance of joke as a genre of folklore in national development and social reformation. ANSU Journal of Language and Literary Studies (AJLLS), 1(1), 90 \u2013 101<\/p>

4. Asika I. E. (2017). The novelist as a psychologist: A psycho-sexual study of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s \u2018Americanah\u2019. ANSU Journal of Language and Literary Studies (AJLLS), 1(4), 131 \u2013 144<\/p>

5. Dubey, S. & Mallah, V. (2015). Migration: Causes and effects. The Business and Management Review, 5(4), 228 \u2013 232<\/p>

6. Ifejirika, E. & Obumse, C. (2017). Psychology in literature: A study of William Golding\u2019s \u2018Lord of the Flies\u2019 and Ngozi Chuma Udeh\u2019s \u2018Echoes of a New Dawn\u2019. ANSU Journal of Language and Literary Studies (AJLLS), 1(4), 112 \u2013 119<\/p>

7. Igwenagum, O. I. L. & Udeh, B. J. (2016). Blending philosophy and literature: A study of Nihilism and Utilitarianism in Fyodor Dostoevsky\u2019s \u2018Crime and Punishment\u2019. ANSU Journal of Language and Literary Studies (AJLLS), 1 (3), 108 \u2013 113<\/p>

8. Meyer, J. (1997). What is literature? A definition based on prototypes. Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Darkota, 41, 1 \u2013 10. Retrieved from http:\/\/arts-sciences.und.edu\/summerinstitute-of-linguistics\/workpapers\/_files\/docs\/1997-meyer.pdf.<\/p>

9. Muslat, A. W. M. (2012). Translation and the characteristics of literary texts. Arabic World English Journal (AWEJ), 3(1), 42 \u2013 49<\/p>

10. Olaofe, I. A. (2014). An introduction to literature and literary criticism. Lagos, Nigeria: National Open University of Nigeria.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Push-Pull Effect of Literature on Human Migration: A Reflection Okey-Kalu, Ozioma J.English Unit, General Studies Department, Federal School of Statistics, EnuguOkorie, OkechukwuEnglish Unit, General Studies Department, Federal School of Statistics, Kaduna Abstract Migration involves the movement of humans or animals from one place to another. This movement could be on temporary or permanent bases. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1186,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1973","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4307,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1973\/revisions\/4307"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}