NEGOTIATED COMPLIANCE AND RESILIENCE: SCRIPTING RESISTANCE IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS By Sowmya Mary Thomas

Abstract Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has emerged to be one of the most engaging voices of her era, energizing contemporary African fiction since the publication of her first novel Purple Hibiscus in 2003. Her stories shape a new world of understanding giving expression to narratives with dexterously sensitive themes like passionate love, freedom, moral responsibility and human commitments. Adichie’s fiction cuts across racial and linguistic boundaries, lending voice to penetrating ideological articulations through intensive critical analysis, commentaries and interpretations. Purple Hibiscus rightly qualifies as a prototype of resistance literature. Resistance literature…

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