Browsing by Author "Rafai Rahma.- Granna Nada"

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    Gender Representation in Postcolonial Literature: The Case Study of "The River Between" By Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
    (UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA, 2020) Rafai Rahma.- Granna Nada
    Abstract Gender is one of the most prominent topics introduced in modern literature including the Postcolonial one. The main focus of this study was to examine how gender issue is conceived and articulated in postcolonial literature as well as to highlight the main role of Postcolonial writers in representing gender issue. This study is realized through the Qualitative research paradigm that is based mainly on analyzing the selected text based on the content analysis. The text being analyzed presents how females were oppressed by males during colonialism . The study found out that the Postcolonial women experiences all forms of discrimination, oppression, lack of opportunities, and marginalization during the colonial and Postcolonial eras by both colonial invasions and then their indigenous traditions that were somehow distorted due to the western’s values and modernity. Overall, it emerged that postcolonial women are disillusioned by the fruit of independence.