The Cultural Silencing of the Woman in Mariama Bâ's "So long a letter"

Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject African Studies - Literature, grade: 2.5, University of Lagos, language: English, abstract: Cultural Criticism and Feminism are literary theories that have been employed in the critical analysis here in the generation of meaning in Mariama Bâ's So Long a Letter. In exploring this investigation, the argument here is hinged on the fact that to properly ascertain the depth of female subjugation in such a traditional society, a researcher must, as a necessity, employ also, the tropes of Cultural Criticism. The rationale behind this proves that through the lens of cultural criticism, the text can be better appreciated through the traditional theory of feminism.

About the author

Ejiogu, Nnadube Jonathan is a graduate of English Department, University of Lagos. He is a scholar, critic and researcher who has teeming interest in African Literary Studies, Post-Colonial Studies, Ecoafricanism, Comparative Literature among others. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Product details

• Authors: Nnadube Ejiogu
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2021
• EAN: 9783346402417
• ISBN: 978-3-346-40241-7
• No. of pages: 16
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 40 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Miscellaneous