"To Conquer and Subdue" - Okonkwo's Masculinity in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
(2008)English Studies
- Abstract
- This essay examines the masculinity of Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and how it brings about his undoing, despite the fact that he lives in a conservative society where masculinity is revered.
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- author
- Löfstedt, Tim
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Afica, Afrika i litteraturen, Nigeria, Igbo, gender, masculinity, maskulinitet i litteraturen, manliness, tradition, family, identity, identitet i litteraturen, English language and literature, Engelska (språk och litteratur)
- language
- English
- id
- 1315379
- date added to LUP
- 2009-02-09 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2009-02-11 00:00:00
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