Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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Deze scriptie bespreekt hoe Adichie een zwart, vrouwelijk perspectief biedt op gebeurtenissen in de roman, gekoppeld aan racisme, gender en klasse. Door middel van de hoofdpersoon Ifemelu worden er...Show moreDeze scriptie bespreekt hoe Adichie een zwart, vrouwelijk perspectief biedt op gebeurtenissen in de roman, gekoppeld aan racisme, gender en klasse. Door middel van de hoofdpersoon Ifemelu worden er tegengeluiden tegen heersende stereotypen in de roman besproken.Show less
One of the central points developed in this thesis is that the Nigerian-Biafran War, represented in Chinua Achebe's Girls at War and Other Stories (1972) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a...Show moreOne of the central points developed in this thesis is that the Nigerian-Biafran War, represented in Chinua Achebe's Girls at War and Other Stories (1972) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), exacerbates the deterioration of Biafra by revealing the inherited corruption adopted from colonisation. The lives and identities of both Achebe's and Adichie's central characters are dramatically altered when exposed to the trials and traumas of civil war; relationships break down, national pride falters and societal constructs are dismantled. By humanising stories of civil conflict, both narratives work towards shaping and legitimising the wartime experiences of the Igbo community, whose struggle for independence has often been blamed as the cause of a disastrous civil war.Show less
