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Papers On Literature From Africa
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Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart': Heroism
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5 pages in length. One can reasonably assert that there existed a sequence of social change as a means by which to describe the impact of the intrusive European culture upon the indigenous culture of Umuofia. Having viewed Umuofia's culture as tending to be relatively stationary as well as harboring unstable equilibrium, one can explain the validity of such a statement by describing various events of social heroism that occur in the novel which can effectively justify its truth. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCchinu.wps
Chinua Achebe/ 'Things Fall Apart'
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A 5 page analysis, + a 1 page outline of that analysis, of Chinua Achebe's novel of Nigerian colonialism, 'Things Fall Apart.' The writer argues that Achebe's novel demonstrates that the Igbo culture shared many of the faults of the invading British and that this is demonstrated through the characterization of the protagonist of the book, Okonkwo. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99achtfa.rtf
Chinua Achebe/Anthills of the Savannah
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A 5 page essay that offers a synopsis and analysis of Chinua Achebe's novel Anthills of the Savannah (1987). The writer also discusses the major themes. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khachant.wps
Chinua Achebe/Dead Men's Path
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An 8 page essay that addresses this short story by Achebe. Roughly the first three pages of this paper are a research proposal that discusses the essay and what it will address. The remainder of the paper is the essay which looks at Achebe's short story "Dead Men's Path," which tells the narrative of a young, diligent educator, Michael Obi, who is appointed to be headmaster at Ndume Central School. Examination of this story shows the influence that Western, so-called "modern ideas" have had on Obi, which demonstrates the influence of colonialism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khobi.rtf
Chinua Achebe/women in Umuofian Society
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A 6 page essay that discusses what can be inferred about the position of women in Umuofian culture based on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khwoac.wps
Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” and a Revaluation of Values
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This 7 page report discusses Chinua Achebe’s 1958
novel about a village in pre-colonial Nigeria. The concept of
things falling apart in “Things Fall Apart” comes from the
many ways in which the life of the main character, Okonkwo,
changes in ways he is powerless to understand. “Things” are
simply not the way Okonkwo believes they should be and they
certainly are not the way they were in the “good ol’ days.”
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWchebua.wps
Cloud Nine; Post Colonial Theory Portrayed Through Gender Repression
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This 9 page paper considers the role of gender and race in Caryl Churchill's play 'Cloud Nine'. This play uses disruptive gender performances to illustrate the way in society has repressed and enforced its ideals on those who should have bee free to develop without the interference of pressurised expectations and enforced social perceptions. The parallels between gender repression and the effects of post colonialism are explored and illustrated with numerous quotes form the play. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEclonie.wps
Common Reality in “A Walk in the Night”
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This 5 page paper discusses the commonalities among several characters in the story, “A Walk in the Night” by South African writer Alex La Guma. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVWlkNte.rtf
Community and Individual in Things Fall Apart
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A five page paper which analyses the interrelationship between community and individual in Chinua Achebe’s novel of nineteenth-century Africa, Things Fall Apart. The writer looks at the way in which the protagonist’s decline and eventual demise mirror the collapse of his community, and how the flaws of the individual are reflected in the flaws of the society, and are, in the end, fatal to both.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLachebe.wps
Comparative Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s “Marriage is a Private Affair” and Sherman Alexie’s “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”
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A 5 page paper which examines the conflict each story’s characters face between remaining loyal to their cultural customs and seeking out the contemporary urban world, the choices and sacrifices each must make, as well as their consequences. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGachale.rtf
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