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| dc.contributor.author | Abrham, Gedamu Ab | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-12T12:19:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-12T12:19:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/16142 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Narratives are shaped not in a vacuum but in a very complex sociopolitical environment where at least part of these sociopolitical issues are entertained in line with the context of the time. The Amharic novel, since its introduction as a genre, similarly has played a significant role in reflecting social, political, and other crosscutting issues that happened in Ethiopia across periods. Though there are studies conducted on elements of the political or social discourses of different political regimes as reflected in Amharic novels, those studies do not emphasize on major sociopolitical discourses which are evident in post-1991 Ethiopia. For this reason, the major sociopolitical discourses which take center stage in scholarly writings, the media space, and the general public were first identified. This study was thus intended to explore how these major sociopolitical discourses are reflected in selected Amharic novels. Critical discourse analysis and postmodern theory were employed as theoretical frameworks for the analysis. Hence, the discourse of ethnocentrism, Ethiopianism and party politics in Yismake’s Dertogada and Kïbur Dïngay; politicized historical discourse in Tesfaye’s Yäburïqa Zïmta; the discourse of gender in Mihret’s Yätäqoläfäbät Qulf, and the discourse of normative worldviews in Dawit’s Alämänor are the major sociopolitical issues discussed in this study. The major sociopolitical discourses of the post-1991 political period, as the study showed, are entertained in different ways in the selected novels; some are deconstructed (criticized), and others are either upheld (maintained) or (r)econstruced in line with certain perspectives. To this end, the introduction of ethnocentric thought during the EPRDF period is portrayed in Dertogada and Kïbur Dïngay as a fertile and legitimate ground for the proliferation of tribal ideology at the expense of pan-Ethiopian ideology. While the ethnocentrism that is evident in the contemporary political system is severely criticized, Ethiopian nationalism is upheld and/(re)constructed in the two novels. The contested historical discourses related to Amhara and Oromo are presented in line with the thoughts of ethnonational elites in Yäburïqa Zïmta. By adding ethnic sensitive flavor to stories in the novel, the two ethnic groups (Amhara and Oromo) are portrayed “antagonistic” to each other, and this is realized by discursive construction and negative characterization of näfïtäñahood. Gendered ideologies that perceive women as subordinate to men in various social settings (in marital life and in the community) are evident in Yätäqoläfäbät Qulf. Most importantly, it portrays women in their marital relations as soft, tolerant and submissive to their abusive husbands, which in turn contributes for the maintenance of gendered ideology in the social system. Some normative worldviews of the Ethiopian society that seem apparently real and natural are criticized in the novel, Alämänor. The novel, in this regard, is devoted to prove how people’s intuitive knowledge on “truth” is mistaken, and condemns some social norms that make people behave and act against their inner selves. Keywords/phrases: Amhara, Amharic novels, Ethiopian nationalism, ethnocentrism, gendered ideology, major sociopolitical discourses, narratives, normative worldviews, | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | English Language and Literature | en_US |
| dc.title | Major Sociopolitical Discourses Of Post-1991 Ethiopia: A Critical Analysis Of Selected Amharic Novelsmajor Sociopolitical Discourses Of Post-1991 Ethiopia: A Critical Analysis Of Selected Amharic Novels | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissartation | en_US |
