THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN AMHARIC PROVERBS AND PROVERBIAL EXPRESSION: THE CASE OF WEGERA WOREDA, AMHARA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE

MELESE, ALEMAYEHU

dc.contributor.author	MELESE, ALEMAYEHU
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-06T12:21:51Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-06T12:21:51Z
dc.date.issued	2020-11-06
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11587
dc.description.abstract	Ethiopia is a country known for its rich on folklore genres. Proverbs are the most widely and commonly used in transfer knowledge generation to generation Among such oral arts, the Amharic proverbs have been facilitating the transmission of knowledge and conventions from generation to generation. In this study, a rigorous attempt has been made to examine the portrayal of Women in the glance of Amharic proverbs and proverbial expressions. Qualitative research approach particularly ethnographic design, the participants were selected Purposive sampling technique. Data were primary document compiled by woreda cultural truism office document and the researcher met eight semi structure interviewee, twelve focus group discussants and six key informants for further clarification and exploring the meaning of the proverbs from the community. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data that has been collected from the fieldwork and documents. The findings of the study illustrated both the positive and negative portrayal of women. The fact that the proverbs and proverbial expressions of Amharic did not balance between the negative and positive outlooks towards women. women are portrayed positively only in a very few proverbs women are excellent home management, family caring, faithful, honest and loving, cautious, suspicious and good critical thinker. Most proverbs and proverbial expressions of Amharic also indicated that women are dependent, evil, lazy, unfaithfulness, opportunistic, jealous, liars, deceivers, talkativeness, lacking leadership and decision-making and knowledge and critical thinking. Most Amharic proverbs negative impact on the overall well-being of women. Based on the findings of the study, a recommendation was made as to how to change the biased and largely unfairness attitudes of the society towards women. The Regional Government of Amhara and central Gondar administration zone and Wogera woreda administration should document proverbs related to women in general and proverbs that deal with the positive portrayal of women in the society in particular. It helps to preserve the images of women for the upcoming generations. Key words : Portrayal and Amharic proverbs viii	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Gender and Development Studies	en_US
dc.title	THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN AMHARIC PROVERBS AND PROVERBIAL EXPRESSION: THE CASE OF WEGERA WOREDA, AMHARA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US