EN 276 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Netsai Mukomberanwa, Nervous Conditions, Bildungsroman
19 Sep 2016
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Characters: tambu: narrator, female, wants to receive an education, nhamo: tambu"s brother. Rude to family, taunts tambu with his education: netsai: tambu and nhamo"s younger sister. Ignorant-not concerned with children"s abilities: ma"shingayi: mother. Highly educated, caring, professional: maiguro: aunt/wife of babamukuro. Have enough money to send their son nhamo to school. Tambu wants education as well parents are reluctant. Begins growing and selling goods for money. Begins with the rise of capitalism (300 years) Bildungsroman: story about growth and development of a young person. It is desirable to have values like the u. s and western europe. Economic development countries become like the u. s. Stereotype that women feel and men think. Focus on the women"s issues in her life. Doesn"t feel a lot about brothers death because he was so privileged. Development: having no voice to developing one. Gets into other characters feelings and emotions. Mr. matimba helps her sell crops for education money. Tambu is moving up the social latter.
