POST MODERN

FEMINISM AND THE

ROLES AND STATUS OF
WOMEN IN THE POST
COLONIAL NIGERIA
NOVEL : HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
SUBMITTED BY : MAHEEN JAMAL
SUBMITTED TO : MAM TAHIRA KHANUM
INTRODUCTION

• The theory of feminism by Virginia Woolf is applied to this topic.

• Chiamanada Ngozi Adichie is an author of Half of Yellow Sun who is a Nigerian writer.
• The novel tells the story of Nigerian people fighting for their life and it is also about
moral responsibility about end of colonialism.
(Bose and Panda . (
AIM AND OBJECTIVES

• The aim of research is to achieve gender equality and identity in society.

Objectives
• To deal with politics of gender construction
• Discuss the roles of women bordered in traditionalist society
METHODOLOGY

• Qualitative
• Primary Source : Half of yellow sun
• Secondary Source : Articles and journals
LITERATURE REVIEW

• Half of yellow sun examines from Post modern feminist outlook in studying the roles and
position of women in the chaotic time of Nigerian Civil war. It also highlights about
generations unconcerned behaviour about socio political outlying status of women in
men’s dominant society. It also clarify the heterogenity and contrast of some female
characters, who blindly support societal system serving as a portrayal of the conservative
Africa women.
( Bose and Panda . (
CHAPTER ANALYSIS

Chapter 3
Implications of Trauma on middle class Igbo women’s gender performance.
Chapter 4
Fights for Gender Equality and identity in socio politically chaotic of the Nigerian Civil
War.
CONCLUSION

The research state publicly the role of women in different important fields. They fight with
both patriarchal society and conventional women of society.
WORK CITED

• A Postmodern Feminist Interpretation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow

Sun https://www.dujes.co.in/p/a-postmodern-feminist-interpretation-of.html?m=1
• Toward a New Nigerian Womanhood: Woman as Nation in Half of a Yellow Sun
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/148695247.pdf