Title
Female Gender Role Journeys in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Alobwed’Epie’s The Lady with the Sting: A Comparative Study
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Draws on the psychological theory of gender role journeys to examine the extent to which Brett Ashley and Mary Ntube are able to break through socially constructed gender barriers and effect positive change on their environments. Mutia compares the Victorian era’s delineation of traditional gender roles prior to The Sun Also Rises to the traditional African worldview exemplified in Alobwed’Epie’s 2010 novel, concluding that while Ntube successfully overcomes patriarchal authority to achieve transgendered selfhood, Ashley remains emotionally and financially dependent on men.
Published in
Emerging Perspectives on Alobwed’Epie
Date
2018
Pages
115-130
Citation
Mutia, Roselyn. “Female Gender Role Journeys in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Alobwed’Epie’s The Lady with the Sting: A Comparative Study.” In Emerging Perspectives on Alobwed’Epie, edited by Sarah Anyang Agbor, Manyaka Toko Djockoua, and Stephen Ambe Mforteh, 115-30. New Castle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars, 2018.