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Essay / Blood petals. Silencing voices in Kenya
INTRODUCTIONLiterature plays an important role in the preservation and enhancement of African languages, through its various creative forms of poetry, criticism and novels which have experienced astonishing development in recent years , as well as theater in its various forms and the news and the art of the article and other forms which can give the African language the place it deserves. It is therefore common for language to be the mirror of society, reflecting the formulas of the gift in order to know the logic of verbal suggestion of the phenomenon of understanding. At the same time, it is the instrument by which the individual has the power to defend himself and communicate his ideas in an understood manner as well as to think about relating the meaning of the expression in a coherent manner. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay In light of this, many African tribes would rejoice if an educated person was born and raised there; because he would be the defender of the culture and identity of African peoples and the appearance of their places of excellence. This is what we find in many modern African novels which contain an important linguistic and historical document by which the status of the writer as custodian of the language and novel in its models is remarkable. Therefore, chapter three deals with the discussion and analysis of the controversial novel Petals of Blood written by East Africa's most famous writer, imprisoned for his outspoken views, Ngugi Wa Thiong'O in 1977, who was previously known as James Thiong'O Ngugi and when he knew that this name was only a dependency of the colonizer who plundered Africa and plundered its wealth, he changed it to Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, a purely African name, in addition to this he intentionally changed the language of his creative writings from English to a local Kenyan language "Gikuyu" such as Caitaani Mutharaba-ini (1980) it is i.e., the Devil on the Cross, Matigari ma Njiruungi (1986) i.e., Matigari and Mũrogi were Kagogo (2004) i.e., the Raven Magician.BLOOD PETALS: CRITICAL REVIEWThe title of the novel by Ngugi Petals of Blood (1977) comes from a poem "The Swamp" by Derek Walcott which was mentioned in the dedication of the novel as follows: Frightening and original twists and turns! Each young mangrove tree resembles a snake, its roots obscene like a six-fingered hand, conceals in its clutch the moss-backed toad, the poisonous mushrooms, the mighty red lily, the petals of blood, the vulva speckled with the tiger orchid; a strange phalloi haunting travelers on its only route. .Derek Walcott, du MaraisAt first, Ngugi wanted to title this novel as the "Ballad of a Barmaid", thus, Barmaid is a reference to one of the most important characters in the novel whose name is "Wanja". However, no one knows the real reason for this change; the term Blood Petals appears differently several times throughout the novel, starting with a child among Munira's students who tries to describe the color of a flower as it is mentioned in the novel: “He picked flowers and taught them the names of the different parts: the stigma, the pistil, the pollen, the petal. He told them a little about fertilization. A child shouted, “Look. A flower with blood petals. » (P: 21) Then it is applied throughout the story in order to describe the flames which have a connection with virginity and this was shown in Munira's fantasies about sexual relations. Despite all this, there is no explanation for not emphasizing the "Wanja" individual, and here many critics argue that the reason.