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1. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 21, Issue 2 (September 2021)pp. 70–87PDF of The Denial of Female Autonomy: Possession and Power in Robert Browning’s Dramatic Monologues

   The Denial of Female Autonomy: Possession and Power in Robert Browning’s Dramatic Monologues

   Caroline Olubunmi Nwaka and Anthonia-Greg Nwanekwu Chibuoke

   This study examines the denial of female autonomy in Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues, focusing on “My Last Duchess,” “The Laboratory,” “Andrea del Sarto,” and “Porphyria’s Lover.” It argues … gender, jealousy, violence, sexuality, marriage, and psychological conflict, the relationship between the denial of female autonomy and the possessive exercise of power requires further comparative attention. Drawing on Feminist Literary

2. Literary Theory and CriticismVolume 23, Issue 1 (September 2023)pp. 1–20PDF of Spatial Mobility and Female Agency in Aiwanose Odafen’s Tomorrow I Become A Woman

   Spatial Mobility and Female Agency in Aiwanose Odafen’s Tomorrow I Become A Woman

   Ugomma Divine Iroakaze and Chiamaka Amalachukwu Ugoka

   women’s lives, these spatial restrictions often sustain gendered power relations and limit female autonomy. Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space and an African feminist framework, this qualitative