Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to study major themes in two different novels written in English
which are selected from two different countries Ethiopian and Tanzanian and the two
novels are Firebrands and The Wicked Walk. The literary works were written in the 1970
which is the first reason for choosing these two different novels and the other reason is
that both novels were written in the English language. A qualitative research method has
been used to study the major themes of the two novels of the period. After the two novels
were chosen, the next staple was reading and classifying them under the major subject
areas. Then the most recurrent themes were identified. After that through the analysis the
most recurrent themes were identified and discussed. The study has revealed that both
writers have presented several themes in there literary works (novels). During the period
in focus there were several themes in the two that enhanced the thematic purpose of the
novels. From the themes presented in the novel the theme corruption, ideology of class
formation, portrayal of women and innocence were the major ones.
