Character and Characterization in Meja Mwangi’s Kill Me Quick, Carcase for Hounds, Going Down River Road and Cockroach Dance
2021; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
10.2139/ssrn.3809279
ISSN1556-5068
Autores Tópico(s)Asian Culture and Media Studies
ResumoThe purpose of criticism is to display as accurately as possible the genuine quality of a work of art. So the sole aim of this paper is to illuminate the choice of Mwangi‘s characters which will be most helpful in bringing out genuine quality of his works under study. The study examines one of Mwangi‘s manipulation of fictional technique: character and characterization to reveal his aesthetic vision. To display this genuine quality, the paper engages in description, analysis and evaluation of Mwangi‘s choice of characters and the way he delineates these characters as to convey meaning, his intention and the subject matter. The approach is systematically objective; solely concerned with the works under study in lieu of their background; this suggest that the approach may not tilt towards sociological out look. The analysis of Mwangi‘s delineation of character brings to view frustrated young men whom Angus Calder dubbed ―Mwangian man‖. Most of these character s are perfidious cheats, drunks, prostitutes who lack saviour image but need urgent salvation. Ben in Going Down River Road prefers prostitutes to girls who are morally upright. Mwangi‘s characters symbolize deflated society: Ben depreciated from a high position in the army to an insurance broker then to a casual work man, swallowing dust at ‗Development Building‘. The deteriorating characters is synonymous with that of Kenyan milieu Mwangi is apprehensive to portray
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