Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels

This study describes the discourse features of feminism in some of Flora Nwapa's novels, while focusing on two of them. Efuru (1966) and Women are Different (1981). The study identifies the discourse features in the texts and describes them under relevant discourse categories. Lastly, it interp...

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Main Authors: Adegbite, Wale, Kehinde, Ayo
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description This study describes the discourse features of feminism in some of Flora Nwapa's novels, while focusing on two of them. Efuru (1966) and Women are Different (1981). The study identifies the discourse features in the texts and describes them under relevant discourse categories. Lastly, it interprets the messages of the texts by relating them to the social context of the Igbo/African reader. The findings of the study reveal several features pertaining to narrative technique, interaction, transaction, presence/absence/silence, turn taking and contributions of characters, moves and acts. For example, they reveal the following features under the narrative technique: the third-person omniscient narrator, collective heroinism and documentation/historicization. The above features and others which present control, dominance, as well as sex and social roles in the texts are illustrated, and some of them are discussed in order to foreground the literary-linguistic and feminist consciousness of Nwapa.
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-26542023-05-13T11:05:32Z Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels Adegbite, Wale Kehinde, Ayo Critical discourse analysis of Nwapa's novels Feminist discourse features of Nwapa's novels Narrative technique Interactions Transactions This study describes the discourse features of feminism in some of Flora Nwapa's novels, while focusing on two of them. Efuru (1966) and Women are Different (1981). The study identifies the discourse features in the texts and describes them under relevant discourse categories. Lastly, it interprets the messages of the texts by relating them to the social context of the Igbo/African reader. The findings of the study reveal several features pertaining to narrative technique, interaction, transaction, presence/absence/silence, turn taking and contributions of characters, moves and acts. For example, they reveal the following features under the narrative technique: the third-person omniscient narrator, collective heroinism and documentation/historicization. The above features and others which present control, dominance, as well as sex and social roles in the texts are illustrated, and some of them are discussed in order to foreground the literary-linguistic and feminist consciousness of Nwapa. 2014-08-12T10:32:21Z 2018-10-27T14:59:02Z 2014-08-12T10:32:21Z 2018-10-27T14:59:02Z 2003 Article Adegbite, Wale and Kehinde, Ayo (2003). Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels. Est.Port.Afric., Campinas, (42). http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2654 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria
spellingShingle Critical discourse analysis of Nwapa's novels
Feminist discourse features of Nwapa's novels
Narrative technique
Interactions
Transactions
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Kehinde, Ayo
Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels
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title_fullStr Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels
title_full_unstemmed Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels
title_short Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels
title_sort discourse features of feminism in some of flora nwapa s novels
topic Critical discourse analysis of Nwapa's novels
Feminist discourse features of Nwapa's novels
Narrative technique
Interactions
Transactions
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