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Volume 19:10 October 2019
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Portrayal of Women Characters in Selected African Writing in English
Master of Arts Thesis
Southeast University, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh

Md. Minhazul Islam
Lecturer
Department of English
Rajshahi Science & Technology University, RSTU, Natore
Bangladesh
newtonjnu@gmail.com

Abstract

A whole lot of works have been carried out on portraying female characters in African Writings. The characters in African Literature have taken numerous forms possessing all the qualities a character could have. Female characters in African Literature show dissimilarities compared to the characters in other literatures because of Africa’s diverse cultures and religions. To uphold female characters and to critique an African literary work some theories have been used by critics and researchers. Among them traditionalist theory, functionalist theory, feminist theory or womanist theory are noteworthy and widely used. As these are gender-oriented theories, they are used for the virile comprehension and exact interpretation of women characters. Regarding feminism, interpretations of the Western World are different from those of Third World countries and thus the discourse black feminism has appeared to inspect if colonizers had laid any effects on men’s attitudes and behaviors toward women and no theories other than postcolonial feminism will serve this purpose. Hence an attempt to investigate the matter at stake has been made, using Black and Post-colonial feminism in some of the selected African Writings in English. This thesis will cover The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka, and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

Contents

Introduction 01-02
Chapter One: Literature Review 03-04
Chapter Two: Theory in Use 05-13
Chapter Three: Plot Summary 13-15
Chapter Four: Portrayal of Women Characters in
Lion and the Jewel and Things Fall Apart 16-24
Chapter Five: Findings 25-26
Conclusion 27
References 28-29

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Md. Minhazul Islam
Lecturer
Department of English
Rajshahi Science & Technology University, RSTU, Natore
Bangladesh
newtonjnu@gmail.com
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