the personality of mumbi in a grain of wheat：from the perspective of postcolonial feminist criticism

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1、ThePersonalityofMumbiinAGrainofWheat：FromthePerspectiveofPostcolonialFeministCriticism　　[Abstract]AGrainofWheatisarepresentativeworkofNgugi.Andafteritspublication，manyscholarsdiscussitfromdifferentperspectives.However，amongthisworks，fewpeoplefocusontheheroineMumbi.Thus，thispaperwillanalyze

2、thepersonalityofMumbibyusingpost-colonialfeminismcriticisminordertofindoutthesuppressiononwomeninthethirdworldin1960s.　　[Keywords]AGrainofWheat；Mumbi；Ngugi；postcolonialfeministcriticism；Spivak　　I.Introduction　　Atthebeginningofitspublication，scholarsofRussianformalismandAnglo-Americannewcri

3、ticismbegantopayattentiontothetextitself.Somecriticsthinkthat“thethemeisnotonlyofthisnovelbutofallpostindependenceAfricanliterature.Ngugitypicallyusesthesituationsofmarriagetoweavevariationsonthistheme”[4].Atthemiddleof1980s，westernscholars“startedtoanalyzeitsauthorandthecharactersinthisno

4、vel，andthethemeofbetrayal”[3]fromtheangleofarchetypalcriticismandfeministcriticism.After1890s，scholarsdiscussed“elementslikes7politics，culture，discourse，power”[2].InChina，aboutattheendof1990s，peoplestartedtostudyNgugiandhisworks.Somepeoplethinkthat“KihikaistherealMosesofThaibai，butMugoisth

5、eMimicofMoses”[6].TheystatedthatMugoregardedhimselfastherealhero“Moses”，hewantedtoeliminatethehero，andhehimselfwaswaitingforthesummonoftheGod.Besides，peoplethinkthattherearetheelementsofreligionandsomethingrefertopolitics.ThereisastrategyofappropriationtotheChristianityinAGrainofWheat.And“

6、thiskindofwriting（narration）isakindofresistance，bywhichthepostcolonialpeoplecanrepresentthemselvesinordertosubverttheirpassivepositionascolonizedtoincreasetheinfluenceofresistance”[5].　　II.ThepersonalityofMumbi　　A.Confidentandhappygirl　　“Shewassaidtobeoneofthemostbeautifulwomenonalltheeigh

7、tridges.”（P14）Forbothherselfandherhusband，theythinkthattheirlifebeforemarriageisbeautiful，quiet，peacefulandhappy.Sheenjoystheadmirationofothergirlsandthelovefromyoungmen，sheisconfidentforherbeauty，herbrother---Kihika.Withthegloryofbeautyandhero-sister，hergirlh