ABSTRACT

The connections between literature and journalism have remained grounds of severe contestation. The arguments border on importance and availability of connections between literature and journalism. Both sides recognise truth as their subject. However, whereas literature tells truth by reinventing its environment (defamiliarisation), journalism tells truth as it is. Literature and journalism tell about oppressions humans face, especially in postcolonial African society where both are instruments of resistance against oppression. Journalists are exceptional writers who base their writing on discovery, establishment, and projection of the true nature of things around them. However, their assignment is not one with minimum worries. This paper combines the concepts and ideas of journalism and literary studies. It is possible because while some journalists live literature, others write literature in real life. Through the novels of former journalists, Okey Ndibe's Arrows of Rain and Helon Habila's Oil on Water, this paper will locate the place of journalists in postcolonial literary works. It will look at both novels, evaluating the contributions of journalists (and journalism) in their postcolonial societies and, through them, see the challenges that journalists encounter in their duties as the mouthpieces of the ordinary and voiceless individuals, especially during state-orchestrated oppression.

摘要

文学和新闻业之间的联系一直是激烈争论的焦点。争论的焦点在于文学和新闻业之间联系的重要性和可用性。双方都承认真理是他们的主题。然而，文学通过重塑其环境（陌生化）来讲述真相，而新闻业则如实讲述真相。文学和新闻讲述了人类面临的压迫，尤其是在后殖民非洲社会，两者都是反抗压迫的工具。记者是杰出的作家，他们的写作基于对周围事物真实本质的发现、确立和投射。然而，他们的任务并不轻松。本文结合了新闻学和文学研究的概念和思想。这是可能的，因为有些记者生活在文学中，而另一些记者则在现实生活中写作文学。通过前记者的小说，Okey Ndibe 的《雨之箭》和海伦·哈比拉的《水上油》，本文将定位记者在后殖民文学作品中的地位。它将审视这两部小说，评估记者（和新闻业）在后殖民社会中的贡献，并通过它们看到记者在履行职责时遇到的挑战，作为普通和无声个人的代言人，尤其是在国家精心策划的压迫期间.