The Depiction of Woman in African Literature With Reference to Chinua Achebe's Novel Things Fall Apart.

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the depiction of womam in African literature, with regard to Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart and to explore the varied domestic relationships throughout the novel of Things Fall Apart. It attemts to calrify how woman treated by men in Things Fall Apart. This research attempts to find answers to the research questions and intended to test the following hypotheses: Chinua Achebe gave a good account representing African woman in his piece of writing Things Fall Apart. The depiction of the relationship between man and woman is varied according to domestic relations. The African man treat woman as assistant. The research usea descriptive analytical method as a mean for data analysis to describe the image of women in Things Fall Apart. The required information is collected from many references, and the original valume of the novel Things Fall Apart. The research recommended the following: The depiction of African woman should be more fairly and the spcial and domestic values of women in African literature must be clearly stated, as African women today.