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Depiction of Female gender in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and A man of the people

This study sought to investigate Achebe’s ideological change from male-oriented view to feministic point of view. A significant number of critics argue that Chinua Achebe’s earlier novels such as Things Fall Apart depict women as being passive in the society. This study, therefore presents a depiction female gender in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and A man of the people. The study is based on the premise that A man of the people reflects Chinua Achebe’s change from traditional African Literature to modern fiction. The study was guided by one main objective; to examine shifts in depiction of Female gender in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and A man of the people. The study applied the critical feminist literary theory as propounded by McDowell (1995). The study was anchored on qualitative research methods. Data analysis was done through qualitative analysis more specific interpretative and narration methods. Interpretive methods were use for the perusal of the two novels and a number of academic critical studies on different aspects of literary works. Narration methods were used to reveal information on issues on female gender. The findings of the study show that a positive shift from female gender from a patriarchal society to empowered women who contributes to sociopolitical society