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This research paper examines the perception of sexual identity of queer characters as presented in Chinelo Okparanta and Akwaeke Emezi’s novels, in order to show how queerness is portrayed in these texts. This essay covers two novels, one from each author. This essay adopts Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala trees and Akwaeke Emezi’s Death of Vivek Oji. The research
methodology adopted in this research is the qualitative form of research. That is, the aforementioned texts have been critically analysed and studied to draw instances of queer perception and sexual identity as portrayed by the authors in the texts. The theory adopted in this
research is queer theory, it is the most suitable theory because it best explains the subject matter of queerness as portrayed in the texts. This essay demonstrates that queer characters identities are shaped by social, religious and alternate perceptions in Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala trees and Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death Of Vivek Oji.
methodology adopted in this research is the qualitative form of research. That is, the aforementioned texts have been critically analysed and studied to draw instances of queer perception and sexual identity as portrayed by the authors in the texts. The theory adopted in this
research is queer theory, it is the most suitable theory because it best explains the subject matter of queerness as portrayed in the texts. This essay demonstrates that queer characters identities are shaped by social, religious and alternate perceptions in Chinelo Okparanta’s Under the Udala trees and Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death Of Vivek Oji.
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