Authors :
Idowu, Stephen Olufemi; Olabode, Oluwakemi Taiwo
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8304963
Abstract :
Nigeria is seen and addressed as a corrupt
nation and thus rated among the highly corrupt nations
of the world. It is a concern to many responsible
stakeholders of the country. Hence, the solution to solve
the problem is necessary. Therefore, since literature is an
instrument of social change and children are the hope of
any nation’s future, children’s literature is identified as a
means to address the problem. This study was to identify
how some texts of children’s literature have vividly
addressed the subject of corruption and social values and
virtues in the social, political, economic, religious, and
communal lives of characters that align with the situation
in Nigeria. The evaluative method was used to gather the
data. It was discovered that all the texts were able to
address issues of corruption in various manners like
condemnation bribes, laziness, the dignity of labour,
patriotism, obedience to elderly counsel, impartial
judgment, sexual purity, and others. It was therefore
recommended that children’s literature should be taken
as a deliberate national instrument of building
responsible children for the future from home to school
and society in general.
Keywords :
Children’s Literature, Corruption, Nigeria, Values, Virtues.
Nigeria is seen and addressed as a corrupt
nation and thus rated among the highly corrupt nations
of the world. It is a concern to many responsible
stakeholders of the country. Hence, the solution to solve
the problem is necessary. Therefore, since literature is an
instrument of social change and children are the hope of
any nation’s future, children’s literature is identified as a
means to address the problem. This study was to identify
how some texts of children’s literature have vividly
addressed the subject of corruption and social values and
virtues in the social, political, economic, religious, and
communal lives of characters that align with the situation
in Nigeria. The evaluative method was used to gather the
data. It was discovered that all the texts were able to
address issues of corruption in various manners like
condemnation bribes, laziness, the dignity of labour,
patriotism, obedience to elderly counsel, impartial
judgment, sexual purity, and others. It was therefore
recommended that children’s literature should be taken
as a deliberate national instrument of building
responsible children for the future from home to school
and society in general.
Keywords :
Children’s Literature, Corruption, Nigeria, Values, Virtues.
