GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY In Ifeoma Okoye's Behind the Clouds And Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's House of Symbols.

ABSTRACT

This study examines issues that border on the marriage institution and gender complementarity in the African/Nigerian society. The genders, more especially the female gender have all of a sudden become uncomfortable with their natural roles in matrimony as they now prefer the roles of their male counterpart. This has resulted to domestic upheaval which has spread to the African/Nigerian society as such, has hampered even development in the Africa continent. This study however, takes a critical examination of this power tussle and proffers solution to this conflict by examining the advantage and positive results gender complementarity breeds in matrimony and the society at large. The study therefore, clearly explains the different but complementary roles of genders and advocates the importance of carrying out these roles efficiently. In chapter one, the power tussle is examined and the both genders are encouraged to accept their natural roles without grudges because, no gender is superior or inferior to the other but are equal, different and complementary. In chapter two, the critical works of scholars in Okoye’s Behind the Clouds and Adimora-Ezeigbo’s House of Symbols are reviewed. Chapter three covers the analysis of Behind the Clouds and chapter four, covers that of House of Symbols in relation to gender complementarity. Finally, chapter five concludes this research work as the intended message of this research is explicitly conveyed.

LIST OF CONTENTS

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Title Page                                                                                                                              i

Certification                                                                                                                         ii

Dedication                                                                                                                            iii

Acknowledgements                                                                                                              iv

List of Contents                                                                                                                   vii

Abstract                                                                                                   x

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION               

1.1 Background to the Study                                                                                                1

1.2 Statement of the Problem                                                                                                5

1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study                                                      5

1.4 Significance of the Study                                                                                              6

1.5 Biography of the Authors                                                                                               6

1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study                                                                                13

1.7 Theoretical Framework                                                                                                   13

1.8 Methodology                                                                                                                 18

1.9 Definition of Terms                                                                               19

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW                                                                 22

CHAPTER THREE: GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY IN BEHIND 

THE CLOUDS                                                                                                                     56

3.1 Gender Complementarity in Ifeoma Okoye’s Behind the Clouds                                  59

3.2 Gender Complementarity: The Role of Husbandhood/Wifehood                                 60

3.3 Gender Complementarity: Fatherhood/Motherhood                                                      70

CHAPTER FOUR: GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY IN HOUSE OF 

SYMBOLS                                                                                                                            77

4.1 Gender Complementarity in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s House of Symbols                 77

4.2 Gender Complementarity: Husbandhood/Wifehood                                                      78

4.3 Gender Complementarity: Fatherhood/Motherhood                                                      90

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND 

CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE                                                                   100

5.1 Summary                                                                                                                         100

5.2 Conclusion                                                                                                      102

5.3 Recommendation                                                                                            105

5.4 Contributions to Knowledge                                                                                           105

Works Cited                                                                                                       107


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APA

Elemele, C. & Agbeka, C (2018). GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY In Ifeoma Okoye's Behind the Clouds And Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's House of Symbols.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementarity-in-ifeoma-okoye-s-behind-the-clouds-and-akachi-adimora-ezeigbo-s-house-of-symbols

MLA 8th

Elemele, Chioma, and Chioma Agbeka "GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY In Ifeoma Okoye's Behind the Clouds And Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's House of Symbols." Afribary. Afribary, 11 May. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementarity-in-ifeoma-okoye-s-behind-the-clouds-and-akachi-adimora-ezeigbo-s-house-of-symbols. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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Elemele, Chioma, and Chioma Agbeka . "GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY In Ifeoma Okoye's Behind the Clouds And Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's House of Symbols.". Afribary, Afribary, 11 May. 2018. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementarity-in-ifeoma-okoye-s-behind-the-clouds-and-akachi-adimora-ezeigbo-s-house-of-symbols >.

Chicago

Elemele, Chioma and Agbeka, Chioma . "GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY In Ifeoma Okoye's Behind the Clouds And Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's House of Symbols." Afribary (2018). Accessed November 21, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementarity-in-ifeoma-okoye-s-behind-the-clouds-and-akachi-adimora-ezeigbo-s-house-of-symbols