%0 Journal Article
%T RETHINKING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THIRD©\GENERATION NIGERIAN WOMEN¡¯S FICTION RETHINKING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THIRD©\GENERATION NIGERIAN WOMEN¡¯S FICTION
%A Shalini Nadaswaran
%J Revue Electronique de Litterature Francaise : RELIEF
%D 2011
%I Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals
%X Third©\generation Nigerian female writers¡¯ representation of gender in local spaces through the rethinking of family relationships reflects a development and change from the first and second generation female writers Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta, and Ifeoma Okoye. In a comparative analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie¡¯s Purple Hibiscus (2004), Unoma Azuah¡¯s Sky©\High Flames (2005), Sade Adeniran¡¯s Imagine This (2007) and Sefi Atta¡¯s Everything Good Will Come (2005), a distinct pattern emerges of the young girl©\child / woman character developing into a matured, strong womanist. As female characters challenge their familial relationships, they develop their sense of personhood, reclaiming wholeness, authority and female subjectivity, changing prescribed roles and structures. Third©\generation Nigerian female writers¡¯ representation of gender in local spaces through the rethinking of family relationships reflects a development and change from the first and second generation female writers Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta, and Ifeoma Okoye. In a comparative analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie¡¯s Purple Hibiscus (2004), Unoma Azuah¡¯s Sky©\High Flames (2005), Sade Adeniran¡¯s Imagine This (2007) and Sefi Atta¡¯s Everything Good Will Come (2005), a distinct pattern emerges of the young girl©\child / woman character developing into a matured, strong womanist. As female characters challenge their familial relationships, they develop their sense of personhood, reclaiming wholeness, authority and female subjectivity, changing prescribed roles and structures.
%K Nigeria
%K Womanism
%K family relationships
%K women
%K fiction
%U http://www.revue-relief.org/index.php/relief/article/view/652