The Portrayal of Women in Dhaabaa's Selected Oromo Prose Fiction
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kifle, Yimer (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Egere, Teshome | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-25T07:22:27Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T04:04:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-25T07:22:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T04:04:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study is an attempt to analyze the portrayal of women in Dhaabaa Wayyeessaa's selected pro se fiction . A s discussed in the introduction part and the first section of the second chapter, creative writing in Oromo language is t h e recent phenome no n . Besides , almost no a s rious study as faras the researcher knows , is undertaken in the works under discussion. More specifically , the portrayal of women in these works has not been touched upon . Therefore , exa mining ho w wome n are portrayed in these selected prose fiction arises from this fact. In this study , three Oromo prose fiction of Dhaabaa, which a re believed to be thematically important are select ed for analysis. This thes is is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the study, the reason why the texts are selected, the objectives , scope and methods of the stud y. Chapter two discusses two aspects. The first o ne is assessing th e historical overview of O romo creat ive wri tin g. Second ly , it discusses the theoretical frameworks of femini st lite rary criti c is m from glob al and black co ntexts. The third chapter cri ti ca ll y exa m ines the diverse p rob lems of wo men characte rs based on th e te xts a nd interv ie ws co ndu cted regarding Gumu z wo men . In th e former's reg ard , how a sin glecharacter passes thro ugh both positi ve and n egative stereotype s is examin ed i.e. a nalyzing in detail of how a female character is depicted as victim of m ale violence , object of sex and marriage by exchange , home lessness , poverty and at ti mes exe rcis es her own agency in changing her life. Moreover, responses from the intervie w c ondu cted are also used to support the evidence from the text. This is done to cross check to what extent the author depicts the female characters in the text Gurraacha Abbayyaa for its setting is in Gumuz ethnic group and the author is an Oromo. In the last chapter a brief conclusion based on the analysis is given. Lastly, the appendix, which presents the full text of the interview conducted with selected Gumuz people, is attached . In the study most women characters are depicted to be the victims of male violence, homelessness, poverty and subordination. On the other hand, some of these women characters are revealed as agents that exercise their power, determination and courage either to overcome or get rid of the oppression or burden imposed on them. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25682 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Selected Oromo Prose Fiction | en_US |
| dc.title | The Portrayal of Women in Dhaabaa's Selected Oromo Prose Fiction | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |