![]() ![]() The journey motif and structural divisions symbolize the landmarks in the stages of development of each female character towards liberation. ![]() The study also reveals that Aidoo exploits stylistic reversals in her fiction where new shades of meanings are attached to old terms and the female character’s change from the language of acquiescence to that of revolt and self-assertion, thus reflecting her growth from docility and conformity to liberation. Some of the recurrent themes in Aidoo’s fiction include the nonglorification of marriage, the offer of divorce as an alternative life-style, the reversal of the abandonment story, liberated women as leaders in the decolonization process. This study attempts a comparative analysis of the thematic and stylistic representation of womanhood in Ama Ata Aidoo’s novels, Our Sister Killjoy and Changes: A Love Story, and collections of short stories, No Sweetness Here and The Girl Who Can and Other Stories. ![]()
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