Chinua Achebe And The Politics Of Narration

Author : Thomas Jay Lynn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : African literature
ISBN : 331951332X

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This book examines vital intersections of narration, linguistic innovation, and political insight that distinguish Chinua Achebe's fiction as well as his non-fiction commentaries. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of these intersections: Achebe's narrative response to Western authors who have written on Africa, his integration of Igbo folklore, the political implications of writing African literature in English, his use of Nigerian Pidgin, and the Nigerian Civil War. It also addresses the teaching of Achebe's works. Achebe drew on diverse resources to offer searching psychological and political insights that contribute not only a decidedly African political viewpoint to the modern novel, but also a more inclusive narrative consciousness. Achebe's adaptations of Igbo oral art are intrinsic to his writing's political engagement because they assert the integrity and authority of the African voice in a global order defined by colonialism. This book reveals how his work has helped to restructure a global vision of Africa.

Author : Thomas Jay Lynn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319513317

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Chinua Achebe and the Politics of Narration by Thomas Jay Lynn Pdf

This book examines vital intersections of narration, linguistic innovation, and political insight that distinguish Chinua Achebe’s fiction as well as his non-fiction commentaries. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of these intersections: Achebe’s narrative response to Western authors who have written on Africa, his integration of Igbo folklore, the political implications of writing African literature in English, his use of Nigerian Pidgin, and the Nigerian Civil War. It also addresses the teaching of Achebe’s works. Achebe drew on diverse resources to offer searching psychological and political insights that contribute not only a decidedly African political viewpoint to the modern novel, but also a more inclusive narrative consciousness. Achebe’s adaptations of Igbo oral art are intrinsic to his writing’s political engagement because they assert the integrity and authority of the African voice in a global order defined by colonialism. This book reveals how his work has helped to restructure a global vision of Africa.

Author : Ode Ogede
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015050136871

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Achebe and the Politics of Representation by Ode Ogede Pdf

Author : Simon Gikandi
Publisher : Heinemann International Incorporated
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Africa
ISBN : UCAL:B3726480

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Reading Chinua Achebe by Simon Gikandi Pdf

Simon Gikandi has set out to reveal the very nature of Achebe's creativity, its prodigious complexity and richness, its paradoxes and ambiguities.

Author : Dr. Ashish Gupta
Publisher : Shashwat Publication
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789360873226

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A study on the writing style of Chinua Achebe by Dr. Ashish Gupta Pdf

Chinua Achebe was a master that mastered a variety of distinct approaches that authors may use to create tales. There are many different ways that writers can tell stories. When it comes to creating stories, authors have the capacity to use a variety of techniques. One of the narrative techniques that Achebe utilised was referred to as "flashback," and it was included into his work. However, Achebe utilised a variety of approaches, and one of those methods was flashback. Whenever we get to this point in the story, the story will take us on a trip through time to show us something that took place in the past. This book delves into the rich tapestry ofchebe’s writing style, examining the intricate threads that weave together his exploration of Igbo culture, the clash between tradition and colonialism, the multi-dimensional characters he breathes life into, the narrative structures that captivate readers, the language and diction that form a linguistic bridge between worlds, the social commentary that critiques historical injustices, and the symbolism and imagery that elevate his works to realms of profound meaning. The work of Achebe is not only a reflection of a particular cultural environment; rather, it is a mirror that is held up to the intricacies of the human experience. As we begin our investigation, we will travel across the landscapes of Nigeria’s pre-colonial and colonial history. We will also navigate the twisting routes of Achebe’s narratives, which merge the past and the present in a seamless manner. The individuals that we come across are not only figments of our imagination; rather, they are manifestations of the internal tensions, moral conundrums, and the indomitable spirit that characterises mankind in the face of hardship. The unfolding of this investigation takes place against the backdrop of Achebe’s linguistic artistry, which is a dance that captures the spirit of cultural hybridity through the merging of English and Igbo expressions.

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798765118467

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Chinua Achebe by Toyin Falola Pdf

An imaginative, narratological reading of Chinua Achebe's novels, stories, poetry, and essays through a literary and historical framework. Toyin Falola analyzes fictional and historical cartographies of Africa in Achebe's literary works to offer a critical representation of Africa's present and future. In particular, he focuses on the historical valuation of a full range of the writer's works – novels including Things Fall Apart, but also short stories, poems, and essays – as important materials that have contributed to the political events in Nigeria and, by extension, Africa. The raw creativity found in Achebe's stories and his ability to tell the Nigerian story – precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial – have endeared him to many, including readers and those critical of him and his works. Chinua Achebe: Narrating Africa in Fictions and History analyzes all of the writer's works, dwelling on the Nigerian political context upon which many, if not all, of his narratives lie. As a result, it examines methodologies of narration and ideologies that allow his works to resonate with the imagination of Africa.

Author : Om Prakash Juneja
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015038529593

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Post Colonial Novel by Om Prakash Juneja Pdf

Author : Rose Ure Mezu
Publisher : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781912234059

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CHINUA ACHEBE by Rose Ure Mezu Pdf

Achebe: The Man and His Works uses the critical essay format to assess Chinua Achebe as a person, a writer and the inaugurator of the literary tradition of cultural nationalism. It progressively and thematically analyses his novels and works, comparing them with those of African literary and cultural groundbreakers in the Diaspora, including the pioneering works of Olaudah Equiano and Zora Neale Hurston The book is a unique and fresh addition to the body of writings on Africa's most respected novelist, widely acclaimed as the father of modern African literature, and generally believed to be one of the 100 most important writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. A must read!

Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9966468048

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A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe Pdf

I en ny selvstændig afrikansk stat bekæmper en ung lærer landets korrupte og kvindeglade kulturminister for at få hævn over ham

Author : Harish Narang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Kenya
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022406172

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Politics as Fiction by Harish Narang Pdf

Politics in the novels of Ngūgī wa Thiong'o, b. 1938, African writer.

Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385474542

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Pdf

“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.

Author : Jago Morrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137122049

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The Fiction of Chinua Achebe by Jago Morrison Pdf

Since the emergence of Things Fall Apart in 1958, Chinua Achebe has come to be regarded by many as the 'Godfather' of modern African writing. Over 150 full length studies of his work have been published, together with many hundreds of scholarly articles. This Reader's Guide enables students to navigate the rich and bewildering field of Achebe criticism, setting out the key areas of critical debate, the most influential alternative approaches to his work and the controversies that have so often surrounded it. The Guide examines Achebe's key novels - with the main focus on Things Fall Apart - and also discusses his less well-known short fiction. Including discussion of important Nigerian scholarship that is often inaccessible, this is an invaluable introduction to the work of one of Africa's most important and popular writers.

Author : Lokangaka Losambe
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1592211372

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An Introduction to the African Prose Narrative by Lokangaka Losambe Pdf

This collection of essays introduces students of African literature to the heritage of the African prose narrative, starting from its oral base and covering its linguistic and cultural diversity. The book brings together essays on both the classics and the relatively new works in all subgenres of the African prose narrative, including the traditional epic, the novel, the short story and the autobiography. The chapters are arranged according to the respective thematic paradigms under which the discussed works fall.

Author : Ogude, James
Publisher : Africa Institute of South Africa
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780798304900

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Chinua Achebeís Legacy by Ogude, James Pdf

Chinua Achebe's novels and essays have always drawn our attention to issues of memory, the story, history and our own obligation to history as Africans. Achebe constantly goes back to the authority of narrative - the story; and as the subsequent generations of African writers like Chimamanda Adichie keep returning to, to celebrate Africa's many stories, its moments of failure and triumph. Achebe, more than any other writer on this continent, has inspired many, and hopefully the African story tellers of the coming centuries, irrespective of their location will continue to be inspired by him. This collection of essays is an enduring tribute to this rich legacy of Achebe.

Author : Catherine Lynnette Innes,David Carroll
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Chinua Achebe by Catherine Lynnette Innes,David Carroll Pdf

"Things fall Apart", is compared with Joyce Cary's "Mister Johnson". Achebe's novel is seen as a more realistic portrayal of the society and culture of indigenous people of Nigeria.