Images Of Women And Plot Structure In The First Four Novels Of Fikremarkos Desta

The thesis investigates two interrelated literary elements, the images ofrnwomen and the plot structure in the first four novels of Fikremarkos Desta.rnThe thesis has three chapters. The first chapter is the review of literature.rnThe second chapter presents the images of women characters in the novels. Itrnpresents two types of women characters. The first type of these wo~enrncharacters are portrayed as victims of their -respective cultures. They are deniedrnenjoyment, free movement and property right. The second type of womenrnIrncharacters are characters portrayed as "strong I liberated" ones. -T-hbserncharacters are depicted as thoughtful, imaginative and assertive. They are alsornfree to love and enjoy sex and they are not submissive and dependent on men.rnThe third chapter deals with the plot structure in the novels. The studyrnreveals the structural arrangement of the stories. And each structural partrncontains part of the story that a typical story contains. The structural patterns inrnthe trilogies are almost identical. The structural pattern in Achame presents arnhistory of a family from a grand father to a grandson in a chronological order.rnFilled questionnaires about the author and about Hamar are also appended.

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