"To Conquer and Subdue" - Okonkwo's Masculinity in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
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Summary, in English
This essay examines the masculinity of Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and how it brings about his undoing, despite the fact that he lives in a conservative society where masculinity is revered.
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Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
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Dokumenttyp
Examensarbete för kandidatexamen
Ämne
- Languages and Literatures
Nyckelord
- Chinua Achebe
- Things Fall Apart
- Afica
- Afrika i litteraturen
- Nigeria
- Igbo
- gender
- masculinity
- maskulinitet i litteraturen
- manliness
- tradition
- family
- identity
- identitet i litteraturen
- English language and literature
- Engelska (språk och litteratur)
Handledare
- Annika Hill