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Research paper thumbnail of Things fall apart

Research paper thumbnail of Arrow of God

Page 1. Chinua Achebe Arrow of God By the prize-winning author of Thi-ngs Fall Apart Page 2. Page... more Page 1. Chinua Achebe Arrow of God By the prize-winning author of Thi-ngs Fall Apart Page 2. Page 3. CHINUA ACHEBE was born in 1930 in the village of Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria. ... Things Fall Apart, his first novel, was published in 1958. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Novels of Chinua Achebe

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Research paper thumbnail of Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

African Studies Review, Jan 1, 1993

Research paper thumbnail of Realism, Criticism, and the Disguises of Both: A Reading of Chinua Achebe's" Things Fall Apart" with an Evaluation of the Criticism Relating to It

Research in African literatures, Jan 1, 1994

... Chinua ... realism at face value and ignoring its con-structedness as an "ism.&q... more ... Chinua ... realism at face value and ignoring its con-structedness as an "ism." All these critical formations in relation to Achebe's work can be ... In relation to Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God, he makes the assertion that they have become axi-omatic reference points for diverse ...

Research paper thumbnail of Achebe's Sense of an Ending: History and Tragedy in'Things Fall Apart.

Studies in the Novel, Jan 1, 1997

... messenger, "and bring it and all these people to the court ... and its tragedy funct... more ... messenger, "and bring it and all these people to the court ... and its tragedy function very differently--if it concluded with, say, a heroic recitation of Okonkwo's suicide by ... In this regard, it is important to remember what Achebe himself has observed in interviews and essays: that while ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Igbo World of Achebe's" Arrow of God"

Research in African literatures, Jan 1, 1981

... The domestic forces, their nature, effect, and the manner of their use are de-scribed: the ik... more ... The domestic forces, their nature, effect, and the manner of their use are de-scribed: the ikenga, "the strength of a man's right arm,"7 the ofo, the personal staff of justice with which a man prays, the okposi carved for a living individual, and the okposi of the ancestors, all these are ...

Research paper thumbnail of Women in Achebe's World

Womanist Theory and Research, Jan 1, 1995

... [I]ts aim is the dynamism of wholeness and self-healing. The iroko is there for women to clim... more ... [I]ts aim is the dynamism of wholeness and self-healing. The iroko is there for women to climb, after all. ... Owerri, Nigeria: Black Academy, 1994. Nnolim, Charles E. "Form and Function of Folk Tradition." Approaches To the African Novel: Essays in Analysis. ... pages. Okonkwo, Juliet. ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Source for" Arrow of God"

Research in African Literatures, Jan 1, 1977

... And a great writer like Achebe has consistently given the impression that all he did in Thing... more ... And a great writer like Achebe has consistently given the impression that all he did in ThingsFall Apart and Arrow of God was merely to reconstruct Igbo culture from his own personal knowledge (which is irrefutable) and from stories told him by his father and grandfather (which ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

African Studies Quarterly, Jan 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Okonkwo's Walk: The Choreography of Things Falling Apart

Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Jan 1, 1986

The impulse for my reconsideration of Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, comes, as... more The impulse for my reconsideration of Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, comes, as my epigraph infers, from Robert Farris Thompson's readings in African art history. 1 I am indebted particularly to his discussion of sculpture in the context of music and motion, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Things fall apart

Research paper thumbnail of Arrow of God

Page 1. Chinua Achebe Arrow of God By the prize-winning author of Thi-ngs Fall Apart Page 2. Page... more Page 1. Chinua Achebe Arrow of God By the prize-winning author of Thi-ngs Fall Apart Page 2. Page 3. CHINUA ACHEBE was born in 1930 in the village of Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria. ... Things Fall Apart, his first novel, was published in 1958. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Novels of Chinua Achebe

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Research paper thumbnail of Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

African Studies Review, Jan 1, 1993

Research paper thumbnail of Realism, Criticism, and the Disguises of Both: A Reading of Chinua Achebe's" Things Fall Apart" with an Evaluation of the Criticism Relating to It

Research in African literatures, Jan 1, 1994

... Chinua ... realism at face value and ignoring its con-structedness as an "ism.&q... more ... Chinua ... realism at face value and ignoring its con-structedness as an "ism." All these critical formations in relation to Achebe's work can be ... In relation to Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God, he makes the assertion that they have become axi-omatic reference points for diverse ...

Research paper thumbnail of Achebe's Sense of an Ending: History and Tragedy in'Things Fall Apart.

Studies in the Novel, Jan 1, 1997

... messenger, "and bring it and all these people to the court ... and its tragedy funct... more ... messenger, "and bring it and all these people to the court ... and its tragedy function very differently--if it concluded with, say, a heroic recitation of Okonkwo's suicide by ... In this regard, it is important to remember what Achebe himself has observed in interviews and essays: that while ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Igbo World of Achebe's" Arrow of God"

Research in African literatures, Jan 1, 1981

... The domestic forces, their nature, effect, and the manner of their use are de-scribed: the ik... more ... The domestic forces, their nature, effect, and the manner of their use are de-scribed: the ikenga, "the strength of a man's right arm,"7 the ofo, the personal staff of justice with which a man prays, the okposi carved for a living individual, and the okposi of the ancestors, all these are ...

Research paper thumbnail of Women in Achebe's World

Womanist Theory and Research, Jan 1, 1995

... [I]ts aim is the dynamism of wholeness and self-healing. The iroko is there for women to clim... more ... [I]ts aim is the dynamism of wholeness and self-healing. The iroko is there for women to climb, after all. ... Owerri, Nigeria: Black Academy, 1994. Nnolim, Charles E. "Form and Function of Folk Tradition." Approaches To the African Novel: Essays in Analysis. ... pages. Okonkwo, Juliet. ...

Research paper thumbnail of A Source for" Arrow of God"

Research in African Literatures, Jan 1, 1977

... And a great writer like Achebe has consistently given the impression that all he did in Thing... more ... And a great writer like Achebe has consistently given the impression that all he did in ThingsFall Apart and Arrow of God was merely to reconstruct Igbo culture from his own personal knowledge (which is irrefutable) and from stories told him by his father and grandfather (which ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Crisis of Cultural Memory in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

African Studies Quarterly, Jan 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Okonkwo's Walk: The Choreography of Things Falling Apart

Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Jan 1, 1986

The impulse for my reconsideration of Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, comes, as... more The impulse for my reconsideration of Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, comes, as my epigraph infers, from Robert Farris Thompson's readings in African art history. 1 I am indebted particularly to his discussion of sculpture in the context of music and motion, ...