Feminist Perspective of Ngugi Wa Thiongo's 'Devil On The Cross'

The paper throws the light on the novel Devil on the cross. Moreover, a lot of work is
done on this novel. Literary critics have deployed literary theories and concepts like Marxism,
Social Realism and Structuralism to examine the thematic preoccupations of the work. Little
or no attention however is given to the feminist perspective of the story. This is what informs
the present study. Towards this end, the concept of feminism and its tenets are discussed and
applied to the interpretation of the novel.