Othering and Conflicts in Chimamanda Adichie’s"Half of a Yellow Sun"

Auteur(s)

Mabengo Chardan Roseli

Année de soutenance

2024

Directeur(s)

Rouby Bertrand

Diplôme

Master - 2ème année

Mention

Langues et Sociétés

Parcours-type

Identité et Transferts culturels – Anglais

Composante

Université de Limoges. Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines

Thème(s)

Histoire et critique littéraires, rhétorique

Mots-clés

Altérité (philosophie) -- Dans la littérature,

Littérature africaine de langue anglaise -- 2000-....,

Nigeria

The present paper focuses on the study of Chimamanda Adichie’s second published novel Half of a Yellow Sun. Actually, this novel is the contextualization of the explosive socio-political and economic situation, which prevailed in Nigeria before and after the independence. This explosive situation highlighted culture differences among the major ethnic groups, intensifying tensions and the relations of mistrust, especially between the Hausa and the Igbo. As a result of this, a dramatic event known as the Biafran war occurred from 1967-1970. Therefore, this paper investigates the theme of Othering as being the source of Conflicts in the novel. In this regard, a particular emphasis is put on the socio-political and economic context before and after the independence and the Adichie’s view on her novel. Likewise, this paper also analysis the rhetoric patterns used by Adichie to depict the themes of Othering and Conflicts