Identity in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross (1980) and Matigari (1987)
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Date
2017
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The notion of identity is a very prominent theme in postcolonial studies and literature.
The exploration of such postcolonial writers as Ngugi wa Thiong’o, reveals the plight of the
postcolonial societies and writers. In this dissertation, we analyzed the image of
Identity in Ngugi’s works, namely; Devil on the Cross (1980) and Matigari (1987) from a
psychological and sociological perspectives. We attempt to explore this vast notion of identity
in relation to gender, alienation and otherness. The outline of this study comprises a
discussion of four important sections that includes: The Development of Wariinga’s Female
Identity in Devil on the Cross (1980), the Dislocated Identity in Matigari (1987), the
Representation of Alienation in Devil on the Cross and Matigari and Strangers in Their Own
Land in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross and Matigari. The final conclusion that can
be drawn from this study shows how identity in Ngugi’s view was lost with the coming of the
colonizer and has to be restored. His aim is to give solution to this loss of identity through
his works, to regain his native identity and to reconstruct a link between him and his origins.
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77p.:ill;30cm.(+cd)
Keywords
postcolonialism, identity, representation, double oppression, alienation
Citation
Drama Arts and English Letters