COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BUCHI EMECHETA’S SECOND CLASS CITIZEN AND FLORA NWAPA’S EFURU

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BUCHI EMECHETA’S SECOND CLASS CITIZEN AND FLORA NWAPA’S EFURU

 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

         Comparative the study is the act of comparing and contrasting two or more things, texts, theories, historical figures, etc. with the sole aim of discovering something concerning the things being compared by examining their pattern of similarities and differences across cases. Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa are the earliest feminist writers from Africa. Apart from playing the role of entertainers, they use their artistic creation to instill truth into the audience’s consciousness. The duo wrote to promote and encourage equality for men and women in all spheres of life in the traditional African society; be it; Educational, Political, Economic, Traditional, as well as social spheres.

         In Second Class Citizen, the writer portrayed the condition of women in African Society and rebelled anything that subjugates or relegates women to the background through the character of Adah. It pointed to the world that women should no longer be seen as decorative accessories objects to be moved about whose role ends in the kitchen and child bearing, but as major contributors to the nation’s development.

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In Efuru, the writer paints a realistic picture of gender issues in a patriarchal society. Male gender here is celebrated more than that of the female, thus, the writer gives a prominent role to the female character, Efuru, where she is seen to be more successful than the male counterpart. Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa through their works (Second Class Citizen and Efuru) struggled for female liberation in the society through their conscious and unconscious collective efforts by helping their audiences to imagine a world of genuine equality.

On the bottom line, Second Class Citizen and Efuru have areas of similarities and differences.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

         African female writers have peculiar features in terms of recurrent themes, forms, and elements. These peculiarities are as a result of its literary ambiance. The same is applicable to the male folk in African literature. Every field of academic pursuit especially literature has an underlying perspective, that informs its existence. Consequently, is there any such perspective in female writing? And in Second Class Citizen and Efuru, what are the similarities and differences in terms of themes, styles, and characterization? What are the exigencies that the women are subjected to in African society? These are problems that this study will seek to investigate.

1.3 Aims and Objectives

         This research work shall examine the two novels closely by comparing and differentiating them to show their area of similarities and differences.

1. 4 Scope and Limitation of the Study

The scope of the study will be on the area which the topic is concerned with.

The research work is limited to the two texts: Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta and Efuru by Flora Nwapa.

1.5 Significance of the study

         Researches have been conducted on a comparative study, but only a few have been carried out on the two texts: Second Class Citizen Efuruby Buchi Emecheta and Flora Nwapa respectively. Hence, this research work shall compare and contrast the two texts under study vividly.

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1.6 Methodology

         The research methodology in Comparative study of Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class CitizenSecond Class Citizen and Flora Nwapa’s Efuru uses both Primary research and secondary research methods. The Primary research method entails the use of the primary texts: Second Class Citizen and Efuru, as major texts for the discussion. The secondary refers to the use of the library, internet, newspaper, Journals and critical works, to support the research work.

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1.7 Definition of Terms

Artistic creation: The term is used to mean the creation of beautiful or significant things

Subjugates: the term is used here to mean to bring under control by the use of force

Decorative accessories: the term is used to mean something that has little or no use.

Predicament: This is used here to mean difficult or unpleasant situation

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