A Tool of Success
A Critical Content Analysis of Naana’s Character in Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22105707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zipporah Ampofo (Our Lady of Apostles College of Education), Jonathan Essuman (0000-0001-8266-1918, University of Education, Winneba, corresponding author), Ekua Arhin (Our Lady of Apostles College of Education), Richard Kwame Ansah (0000-0002-6551-4817, Our Lady of Apostles College of Education), Richard Ansah (0000-0003-3029-6191) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 08 |
| Issue | 01 |
| Pages | 23-33 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Literary Study (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2327-4034 • E-ISSN: 2327-4050 |
| Publisher | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4236/als.2020.81003 |
| OpenAlex | W3000341487 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
African Writers gave little importance to the role of women in their literary works. The likes of Chinua Achebe and Ayi kwei Armah gave prominence to women characters. This is seen in Ayi Kwei Armah’s text Fragments. This article therefore examines the important role given by the author of this novel to the woman character, Naana. A critical content analysis has been engaged in to ascertain her roles in the narrative and thematic developments of the story. That is, it studies how Naana is used as a tool to bring about the success of the novel. A study of this nature has to do with gender. Thus, the underlying theories of this paper are Marxist feminist criticism and feminist literary criticism
Art · Criticism · Literary criticism · Literature · Marxist philosophy · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Law · Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |