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Comparative Analysis Of Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen And Nwapa’s Efuru
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Buchi Emecheta joined the fray with The Joys of Motherhood (1980).
Therefore as the female Nigerian critics, Chikwenye Okwonje Ogunyemi
writes:
If Nwapa is the challenger, Emecheta is the fighter…
for the first time, female readers, through characters,
are aware of their subjugation by their fathers, uncles,
husbands, brothers and son.
Examples
of feminist writers are Elizabeth Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, Julia
Ward, Lockwood, Mary Wollstonecraft, Simeon De Beauvoir, Catherine
Acholonu, Ama Ata aidoo, Marima Ba, Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa.
1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
This
research work will examine the two novels by comparing and
differentiating the novels, since the writers share similarities and
differences in their texts.
1.3 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The
scope of this work is relatively wide.It will be determined by how
affective or relevant a portion is to the study.The study will touch the
mainline text, i.e. the area in which the topic is concerned.
It
would have been worthwhile to use as many texts for this research but it
will be limited to Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Nwapa’s Efuru.
1.4 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY
There
have been a lot of researches conducted on comparative analysis but
only few researches has been done on comparing and contrasting the texts
of two great African writers; Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa.
Therefore, this research work will do a vivid comparison between
Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen and Nwapa’s Efuru.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study undertakes a comparative analysis of the works of two Nigerian female novelists: Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa, it looks at the contemporary African society which is dominated by men.Little or no recognition is given to women thus they have been oppressed, depressed, subjected and neglected. In this regards African female writers like Buchi Emecheta, Flora Nwapa, Ama Ata Aidoo, Mariama Ba, Zaynab Alkali among others fought on behalf of African women through their works by giving them ... Continue reading---
