Male and female images in ogbu’s the moon also Sets
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2014
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University of Dar es Salaam
Abstract
The world is changing and the portrayal of male and female characters in literature should go with changes in the society. Literature is an important part of this experience because it mirrors and interprets the experience from the point of view of those who write about it. This study, therefore, attempts to examine ‘male and female images in The Moon Also Sets,’ to investigate whether or not and in what ways Osi Ogbu challenges stereotypical images of male and female characters in the text. The study also interrogates with the main assumption based on women writers’ claims that male authors tend to create stereotypical female characters differently from their male counterparts. The study was guided by the feminist approach with the view that women resist violence, unfair economic system and all the oppressive customs which leave women at the bottom of the society. On the other hand are male characters that are portrayed in relation to their roles. Sometimes male characters are also negatively portrayedas inferior and as subordinates. The study concludes that male writers depict women and men stereotypically where Women resist gender stereotyping.
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF PR9381.9.O335S94)
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Women, Africa, Fiction
Citation
Swila, J. (2014) Male and female images in ogbu’s the moon also Sets, Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam