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Iortyer et al

Greener Journal of Language and Literature Research

Vol. 5(1), pp. 1-9, 2019

ISSN: 2384-6402

Copyright ©2019, the copyright of this article is retained by the author(s)

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Gender Complementarity in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood and Wizard of the Crow

  

1Manasseh T. Iortyer; 2Isaac B. Lar; 3Godwin J. Doki & 4Agabi J. Ntamu

 

1Department of English Federal College of Education, Panskhin, Plateau State, Nigeria

2, 3Department of English University of Jos, Nigeria

4Department of GSE Federal College of Education, Obudu, Cross-River State, Nigeria

   

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ABSTRACT

 

Article No.: 101119182

Type: Research

 

 

This paper takes a critical journey into Ngugi wa Thiong’os adoption of gender complementarity in Petals of Blood and Wizard of the Crow as one of his salient narrative technique in advocating a collective struggle of the masses of Africa towards an equitable and dignified society. The paper examines how Ngugi assign complementary roles to his female characters in assisting their male counterparts in the struggle against injustices and corruption. In doing this, the paper focuses on two major themes that are common in the two novels - corruption and protest. The method of data collection and analysis employed in this research is basically textual analysis of the two novels using the purposive sampling technique in selecting portions that supports the claims in this work. These also include excerpts from other critical works on the author. The analysis is done using Marxism as theoretical framework and concludes that Ngugi has seen the vision of hope in African youths and the combined efforts of men and women in the struggle for peace and justice.

 

Submitted: 11/10/2019

Accepted:  15/10/2019

Published: 22/12/2019

 

*Corresponding Author

Manasseh T. Iortyer

E-mail: Manasseh.Iortyer2@ Yahoo.Com

Phone: +2348039253944

 

Keywords: Gender; Complementarity; Marxism; Corruption; Protest

 

 

 

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Cite this Article: Iortyer, MT; Lar, IB; Doki, GJ; Ntamu, AJ (2019). Gender Complementarity in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood and Wizard of the Crow. Greener Journal of Language and Literature Research, 5(1): 1-9.