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A Study on the Irony of the Title: The Joys of Motherhood by
Buchi Emecheta

Ms. K. S. Nithiyaa, M.A., B.Ed., Research Scholar
Dr. Kannayya Kanchana, M.A. (Eng.), Ph.D., D.Litt.


Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joys_of_Motherhood

Abstract

The Joys of Motherhood is a Nigerian novel written by Buchi Emecheta. She is one of the leading writers, who took the literary wealth of Nigeria to the entire world. The title of any work is very important. The book’s title has an important role in making the reader to select it. It is also known as a heading. A Headless person is not considered as a human being, or any creature without the head is incomplete. In this way the title or the heading of the work bears an important role in giving completeness to the work. The title “The Joys of Motherhood” taken for study has an ironic content to the title. ‘Joy’ is the word associated with happiness and ‘motherhood’ is also a blessing in the life of any woman that gives happiness for being born as a woman. The reader who selects the novel with these views in mind may have a reversal of opinion after reading the novel. It portrays the suffering of a mother Nnu Ego, who from the attaining of the motherhood to till the end of her life undergoes no joy but only troubles. The research paper aims to bring out the irony, how the content contrasts with the title.

Keywords: The Joys of Motherhood, Buchi Emecheta, child, contrast, Irony, Joy, Motherhood, Suffering, Pain.

Abbreviation: TJOM- The Joys of Motherhood

Buchi Emecheta and Her Novels

Buchi Emecheta was born on 21st July 1944, in Lagos in Igbo family and died on 25th January 2017 in London. She is a Nigerian novelist settled in London. Emecheta was a contemporary of Chinua Achebe, Chris Abani, Elechi Amadi, Seffi Atta, Flora Nwapa, Gabriel Okara, Ben Okri and Wole Soyinka etc. were some of the famous African writers. The oral tradition was the primary source of literature in Africa. The result of colonisation brought them the knowledge of English. It is very well used by the natives as a tool to bring out their voice and tradition spread to the entire world. Africa is a continent known for its uniqueness in culture and tradition. This attracts the readers to focus much on African Literature.

Buchi Emechet’s novels focus on the West African, Nigerian, Igbo society. Chinua Achebe too had presented Igbo society in the novel, Things Fall Apart. He had presented the political aspects of the society and how it slowly falls apart from the traditional to the modern way of life, especially in the hands of the British people. Emecheta portrayed the domestic life of the Igbo society in her novels.

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Author:
Ms. K.S. Nithiyaa, M.A., B.Ed., Research Scholar
Government Arts College
Coimbatore
nithyakani@gmail.com

Co Author:
Dr. Kannayya Kanchana
M.A.(Eng.), M.A.(Yoga), B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Litt.
Assistant Professor of English (Retd.)
Government Arts College
Coimbatore

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