• A. ANUSHA
• B. SIVA PRIYA

Adichie is one of the flourishing Nigerian authors who loves to share her experiences as being a black female in the male-dominated society and she is also very much proud of her nation and its culture. Bildungsroman is a genre which focuses on the moral and psychological growth of the main character from childhood to adulthood. The representation of women’s experience is portrayed in the literary genre Female Bildungsroman. Adichie uses her first novel Purple Hibiscus (2003), to express the female experience and growth through her female protagonist Kambili Achike. This paper titled, “Quest for Identity in Kambili Achike in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus” mainly focuses on the quest for self-identity in the protagonist, Kambili Achike by the employment of Female Bildungsroman.

Bildungsroman, growth, experience, self-identity.

"Quest for Identity in Kambili Achike in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Purple Hibiscus"", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.18-19, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906784.pdf

"Quest for Identity in Kambili Achike in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Purple Hibiscus"", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp18-19, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906784.pdf