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| Title: | A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE WORKS OF SOME ETHIOPIAN WOMEN WRITERS |
| Authors: | Mulumebet, Zenebe |
| Advisors: | Dr. Fekade Azeze |
| Copyright: | Jun-1996 |
| Date Added: | 20-Nov-2012 |
| Abstract: | The research aims at analysing the images of men and
women in the workgof five Ethiopian women writers. The study
is comparative in nature. It tries to determine whether or
not there exists a similarity or difference in the way the
writers portrayed their men and women characters.
The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first
chapter gives a brief review of the critical work in the field
of study. The next two chapters deal with the analysis of the
books by the women writers. Chapter two discusses characters
portrayed in relation to the theme of seduction. Men and
women characters that are depicted in relation to the culture
of the Ethiopian society are analyzed in the final chapter.
Many of the women characters are depicted as the victims
of men's cruelty and ignorance. The rest are presented as the
victims of the Ethiopian culture that does not consider women
equal to men. The writers seem to propose economic
independence to women so that they could live according to
their free will.
In most of the works the women characters are favoured by
the writers. The feelings of the men characters are not given
due attention. Without sufficient reason, the women become
successful, while the men fail in life. The writers try to
cover the naivety of the women characters by putting all the
blame on the men and the culture. While emphasizing on the
themes of their respective stories, the writers worked less
for the plausibility of their characterization. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3838 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Literature
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