Shifting Identities and Fragmented Subjectivities in Majok Tulba’s Beneath the Darkening Sky and Emmanuel Dongala’s Johnny Mad Dog

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dc.contributor.authorKorir, Millicent Jemutai
dc.contributor.authorChetambe, Mark
dc.contributor.authorMakokha, Justus
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-11T07:25:41Z
dc.date.available2023-09-11T07:25:41Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the shifting identities of child characters and their fragmented subjectivities as represented in Majok Tulba’s Beneath the Darkening Sky and Emmanuel Dongala’s Johnny Mad Dog. The paper’s central premise is to examine how the two authors employ character mutation to construct shifting identities in the two texts. The paper employs the tenets of Carl Jung, which include the archetypes (shadow, animus, and persona) and forms of rebirth. Particularly subjective transformation (diminution of personality, identification with a group, and natural transformation). Sigmund Freud’s tripartite psyche (id, ego, and superego) is used to shed light on character mutation and the fragmented subjectivities of the child characters. This paper argues that civil war compels the child characters to behave barbarically, adapt to their new environment and automatically understand their roles while coping with war.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKorir, M., Chetambe, M., & Makokha, J. (2023). Shifting Identities and Fragmented Subjectivities in Majok Tulba’s Beneath the Darkening Sky and Emmanuel Dongala’s Johnny Mad Dog. East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 6(2), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajass.6.2.1399en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.37284/eajass.6.2.1399
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26939
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEANSOen_US
dc.subjectCharacter Mutationen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectFragmented Subjectivitiesen_US
dc.titleShifting Identities and Fragmented Subjectivities in Majok Tulba’s Beneath the Darkening Sky and Emmanuel Dongala’s Johnny Mad Dogen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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