things fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
NOTES FROM
CLASS
, Chinua Achebe
born in 1930 in Nigeria
Things fall Apart 419587
wmuof.ua end of 19thcentury Achebe does not sentimental ise his people
-
to
this was also the
beginning of and the .
Nigerian culture
the British occupation of
/ he challenged African modes of living
Nigeria which lasted for !
60 years .
→ he is objective
/ he expanded our view of them they
-
are not folklore ( romantic exotic stereotype
,
He wanted to create :
a fictional novel (not
history , anthropology)
in a plausible (not historical) context .
Ordinary language _* simplicity
f-
,
short sentences •
no
colouring no adjectives
, ,
realistic
universal
demystifies as everyday
-
-
•
it resembles the oral
dissemination of stories , which is
common in African traditions
emphasis on
subjectivity & -i•- Okownko
personal history •
against the European representation
of Africans en masse
by Chinua Achebe
NOTES FROM
CLASS
, Chinua Achebe
born in 1930 in Nigeria
Things fall Apart 419587
wmuof.ua end of 19thcentury Achebe does not sentimental ise his people
-
to
this was also the
beginning of and the .
Nigerian culture
the British occupation of
/ he challenged African modes of living
Nigeria which lasted for !
60 years .
→ he is objective
/ he expanded our view of them they
-
are not folklore ( romantic exotic stereotype
,
He wanted to create :
a fictional novel (not
history , anthropology)
in a plausible (not historical) context .
Ordinary language _* simplicity
f-
,
short sentences •
no
colouring no adjectives
, ,
realistic
universal
demystifies as everyday
-
-
•
it resembles the oral
dissemination of stories , which is
common in African traditions
emphasis on
subjectivity & -i•- Okownko
personal history •
against the European representation
of Africans en masse
