Rejection by Mariama Bâ (Grade 12 NSC Matric English FAL): Flashcards
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Narrative style of 'Rejection'
Narrative style of 'Rejection'
Epistolary (letters/diary format)
Why narrator is unnamed
Why narrator is unnamed
Shows women losing identity in marriage
Modou's identity
Modou's identity
Narrator's husband who takes second wife Binetou
Binetou's identity
Binetou's identity
Modou's 2nd wife, same age as his daughter
Key form of control trapping women
Key form of control trapping women
Economic dependency
How Modou manipulates Binetou
How Modou manipulates Binetou
Economic bribes: clothes, promises for her family
Gender inequality theme
Gender inequality theme
Women must accept polygamy without choice/complaint
Narrator's change after Modou dies
Narrator's change after Modou dies
Finds voice, chooses independence, rejects Tamsir's proposal
New clothes symbolism
New clothes symbolism
Material wealth used to manipulate vulnerable people
Story's literary significance
Story's literary significance
Critiques social structures harming women (feminist lit)