A DECONSTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS OF MARRIAGE IN ELECHI AMADI’S THE CONCUBINE
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Religious and cultural phenomenon pervades the works of literature. In Amadi‘s novel: The Concubine, the literary artist reflects religious beliefs in the co-existence between the physical and the metaphysical realms of existence through the institution of marriage. The study adopts deconstruction theoretical framework. Deconstructive criticism evaluates societal values or norms logically since a text is a product of the setting it reflects. The focus of analysis is on existing contradictions in the literary text. The objective of the study is to analyze the various contradictions in the selected novel of Amadi. The study uses descriptive and analytical approaches. The paper discovers that contradictions exist in the various elements of the novel. The paper concludes that where equivocal inequality exists, the innocent and weaker party suffer.
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