This paper aims to explore the female readers reading experiences, views and feelings of Hausa romance novels found in most of the northern part of Nigeria. This article also examines some criticism and accusations against the readership and content of the Hausa romance genre. The study applied the Transactional Reader-Response Theory of Rosenblatt’s (1978) as guide by selecting 7 female readers within the age ranges between 22-26 years from 2 book clubs to participate in the study. The findings revealed that all the readers individually were able to reveal their varied responses, beliefs, and experiences on the value of the romance novels which challenged the assertion made by the literary critics and traditional society that the books hav...
Emecheta acknowledges two spheres of influence on her development as a writer: her research in socia...
This thesis undertakes a comparative examination of gender relations m African and African-American ...
In recent decades, Nigeria has repeatedly had low pass rates in examinations taken at the end of sec...
This paper aims to explore the female readers reading experiences, views and feelings of Hausa roman...
Reading romance novels is one of the leisure activities among female readers across the globe. Howev...
'Popular Romance and the Woman Reader' is divided into three parts. The first is an analysis of theo...
The study explores the syndrome of domestic subjugation closely through a progression of already est...
Love in both traditional and modern African societies is seen as a peculiar act conditioned by the s...
The romance novel has been a source of ridicule and criticism ever since its inception and most espe...
This paper examines women’s struggle to overcome marginalization in a sexist and a patriarchal Niger...
Purpose: Womanism, as a subset of African feminism, provides a framework for a comprehensive examina...
The Western voice is one of the pioneering voices in the early development of the feminist criticism...
This study focused on indirect exposure to violence against women by examining the discursive constr...
One vital aspect of education, which is awfully lacking in Nigerian education system in spite of the...
In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of...
Emecheta acknowledges two spheres of influence on her development as a writer: her research in socia...
This thesis undertakes a comparative examination of gender relations m African and African-American ...
In recent decades, Nigeria has repeatedly had low pass rates in examinations taken at the end of sec...
This paper aims to explore the female readers reading experiences, views and feelings of Hausa roman...
Reading romance novels is one of the leisure activities among female readers across the globe. Howev...
'Popular Romance and the Woman Reader' is divided into three parts. The first is an analysis of theo...
The study explores the syndrome of domestic subjugation closely through a progression of already est...
Love in both traditional and modern African societies is seen as a peculiar act conditioned by the s...
The romance novel has been a source of ridicule and criticism ever since its inception and most espe...
This paper examines women’s struggle to overcome marginalization in a sexist and a patriarchal Niger...
Purpose: Womanism, as a subset of African feminism, provides a framework for a comprehensive examina...
The Western voice is one of the pioneering voices in the early development of the feminist criticism...
This study focused on indirect exposure to violence against women by examining the discursive constr...
One vital aspect of education, which is awfully lacking in Nigerian education system in spite of the...
In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of...
Emecheta acknowledges two spheres of influence on her development as a writer: her research in socia...
This thesis undertakes a comparative examination of gender relations m African and African-American ...
In recent decades, Nigeria has repeatedly had low pass rates in examinations taken at the end of sec...