Genre gender and sexuality a study of the novels of Gloria Naylor

Abstract

newlineThe thesis entitled Genre, Gender and Sexuality: A study of the novels of Gloria Naylor newlineattempts to analyse selected fictional works of Gloria Naylor and how the theoretical newlineconcepts of genre, gender and sexuality are probed in them. She writes about the African newlineAmerican women, their emerging power and their perception of nature and history. Through newlineher novels she offers counter narratives as well as micro narratives that are at variance with newlinethe views of western historians and theoreticians.