A Tool of Success: A Critical Content Analysis of Naana’s Character in Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments

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2020-01-07
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Ampofo, Zipporah
Essuman, Jonathan
Arhin, Ekua
Ansah, Richard
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Scietific Research Publishing
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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 underly- ing theories of this paper are Marxist feminist criticism and feminist literary criticism.
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Ampofo, Z., Es- suman, J., Arhin, E., & Ansah, R. (2020). A Tool of Success: A Critical Content Analysis of Naana’s Character in Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments. Advances in Literary Study, 8, 23-33.