Allusion as a Medium of Gender Reconstruction in Selected Chi Nemerem’s Facebook Narratives

Abstract

Patriarchy is on the threshold of death, and the "survived" children of Okonkwo are fighting very hard to preserve his legacies. The need to preserve patriarchy arises as a result of ideological battle won by feminism and its effects on men and society. This study examines selected Chi Nemerem’s Facebook narratives on gender and suggests that Chi Nemerem engages in narrative gender reconstruction through allusion. Using the qualitative research approach, the study analyzes some of the narratives and finds that the narrator engages in reconstruction of gender in the texts, using allusions to gender. This study concludes that the technique of allusion enables Chi Nemerem to realistically reconstruct gender discourse, even as she utilises non-gender-based allusion as a means to reconstruct the identity and roles of genders in society. The study concludes that in his selected Facebook narratives, Chi Nemerem, employs allusions as a reality check on the positions raised by the feminists, for he employs familiar social incidents as a means of recreating the stance of feminist ideologues.