Journal of Languages and Translation
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 36-44
2022-01-01
Women’s Objectification As Depicted In Beyala’s The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me And In Phiri’s The Highway Queen
Authors : Mzite Martha .
Abstract
This article seeks to contribute to discourse on literature by carrying out a comparative and contrastive analysis of the image of the rebellious woman in The sun hath looked upon me written by Calixthe Beyala and The Highway Queen written by Violet Phiri. Drawing from the depiction of the unruly woman in the African society, this article explores the expressive function of literature to define prostitution which is viewed as the most disreputable female career. The essence of this research is to accentuate the instability caused by prostitution on the woman and her family and also on the creation of invisible masculinities. This reading is grounded on Spivak’s subaltern theory “can the subaltern speak?” Moreover, this work determines that literature has a part to play in our communities. This work concludes that women become prostitutes when the society treats them unfairly.
Keywords
female victimisation ; invisible masculinities ; prostitution ; womanhood.
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