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| Title: | THE IMAGE OF WOMAN IN THREE AMHARIC NOVELS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY |
| Authors: | Thomas, Abebe |
| Advisors: | Prof. A. Subba Rao |
| Keywords: | IMAGE OF WOMAN
COMPARATIVE STUDY |
| Copyright: | Jun-2009 |
| Date Added: | 14-Nov-2012 |
| Publisher: | AAU |
| Abstract: | There are a considerable number of literary theories prevalent in the
discipline of literary criticism and all of which are very essential in
analyzing works of art. Feminist literary criticism is one of these tools
which has become a dominant force in approaching literary works for
quite some time now. Recognizing the timeliness of this literary theory in
relation to the present situation, this paper investigates the image of
woman in Ethiopian Amharic fiction.
In doing so, only those Ethiopian Amharic fictional novels published
within the last thirty years are included in this study. This decision is
taken up since there are already some research papers available on
feminist readings on Amharic fictional works produced prior to 1970's.
The three Amharic novels on which this particular feminist study is
based include Yewodiyanesh (1978) by Haile Melekot Mewal, Senselt
(1983) by Fekade Yohannes, and Yelot Menqed (1998) by Tekelu Tilahu.
This thesis is generally organized into four chapters. The first chapter is
the introduction. In this chapter research elements such as background
of the study, statement of the problem along with objective, significance
and limitations of the study are all presented. The literature review is the
second chapter. Here literature related to this particular study is
reviewed to discuss the theoretical background as well as to evolve the
conceptual framework of the study. The third chapter is devoted to the
analysis of and discussions on the image of woman in the three Amharic
novels Yewdiyanesh, Senselet and Yelot Menged. In the fourth chapter
the common and different image of woman as witnessed in these three
novels are discussed in order to point out the general image of woman in
these novels.
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The overall research findings indicate that women have been
predominantly depicted in the Ethiopian Amharic novels negatively
accompanied slightly, however, by a few positive images. While the
negative images include portraying women as just only mothers, wives
and daughters confined to the household as well as viewing them as sex
objects, the positive images present women as college students and
professionals who are engaged in the public life. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3769 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Literature
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