Canons of Satire in Adichie's Purple Hibiscus: A Focus on Domestic Violence and Religious Fanaticism
Abstract
This paper x-rays the satirical punches of Adichie on Nigeria's military dictatorships and corrupt civilian governments since she gained political independence sixty-three years ago. It concludes that Adichie is a committed writer and Purple Hibiscus, a powerful satire that documents fictionally some of the notable happenings of Nigeria's military era and a leading light against corruption and bad leadership. It is a praise-worthy contribution to the repertoire of Nigerian fictional works that has its parallel in highly ennobled works like Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God.
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Encyclopedia Britanica Revised 16th Edition, Vol. 6, 10 and 23, Chicago 1980
Ikupa, J.O. A Simple Approach to Literature Warri: Kuba Publishers, 2006.
Festus Iyayi: Violence. Longman Group Limited, 2001.
Legume Colin (ed): African Contemporary Record, New York: Rex Collings Limited, 1975.
Mcarthur, Tom (ed): The Oxford Companion to English Language, London: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Ogu J.N.: Modern African Literature: A Literary Echo of Cultural, Political Reality: Literature and Society Selected Essays on African Literature, edited by Emenyonu Ernest Oguta: Zim Pan-African Publisher, 1986.
Oko, Akomaye: Toward a sociology of the Nigerian Playwrite: The Playwright as an intellectual in Society Literature and Society Selected.
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 7th Edition: International Student’s Edition; First Impression Printed in India by the Oxford University Press, 2006.
Sam Ukala: Skeletons: A Collection of Stories Winners ANA prose 2000. Justice Jeco Printers and Publishers Limited, 2005.
Welleck Rene and Austen Waren: Theory of Literature, U.S.A Penguin Books 1985.
Wiener P. Philip (ed): Dictionary of the History of Ideas Vol. 4, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1973
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“Canons of Satire in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus: A Focus on Domestic Violence and Religious Fanaticism”, Soc. sci. humanities j., vol. 8, no. 05, May 2024, doi: 10.18535/sshj.v8i05.1052.
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