THE “OTHER” AS REPRESENTED IN THREE SHORT STORIES BY CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

Document Type : Academic scientific reviews of any other material related to the main domains of this Journal.

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Aswan University

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One of the problematic issues that face mankind in the postmodern era is labeling and social stigma that results in cornering the human being into the circle of Otherness that results in his alienation. It is the state of desolation and a feeling of estrangement in a society that you do not belong to physically, spiritually, mentally, and socially. This study attempts to investigate the state of otherness that is pictured in Nigerian literature, as reflected in the short fiction of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Born 15 September 1977, Adichie is a Nigerian novelist, short story and non fiction writer who is described as "the most prominent" of a "procession of critically acclaimed young Anglophone authors [who] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature" (Copnall, James, The Times literary Supplement,p.20). The study will tackle “A Private experience”, “the Arrangers of Marriage”, and “Quality Street”, as they clearly show the impact of modern life and conception on the individual, especially those who carry with them the label of an “Other”. The conclusion will sum up the findings of the paper

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