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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Chinua Achebe"”.
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William Shakespeare and Chinua Achebe: A Study of Character and the Supernatural
<p>This study examines how Shakespeare and Achebe use supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, beliefs, divinations and others to create complex characters. Even though these features are indicative of the preponderance of the belief in the supernatural by some people of the Elizabethan, …
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The Collision of Cultures in The Novels of Miguel Angel Asturias, Jacques-Stephen Alexis, and Chinua Achebe
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T22:35:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7412093.pdf: 13200051 bytes, checksum: 7ffa21fc55fd09fd15dad647af354e14 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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Colonial and post-colonial discourse in the novels of Yom Sang-sop, Chinua Achebe and Salman Rushdie
… in the works of Yom Sang-sop of Korea, of Chinua Achebe of Nigeria and of Salman Rushdie of Indian subcontinent. Since much of the critical attention on colonial discourse has been focused on western narratives, this study aims to shed a different light on the subject by approaching it from …
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Decolonizing the Mind with Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Chinua Achebe: Searching for a Voice in Postcolonial African Literature
… of Kenya’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe. Though they are from disparate regions within Africa, Ngugi and Achebe share the common experiences of being subjects to British colonial rule and, later, of witnessing the births of their respective nations. From their common …
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Crystal Fences and Golden Gates : The Magic of Being Oneself in Some Novels by Hugh MacLennan and Chinua Achebe
La Terre est un seul pays," disent certains écologistes. Si cette formule unificatrice peut servir avec efficacité l'environnement physique et peut-être aussi l'économie internationale qui exigent l'harmonisation voire même la standardisation des moyens d'action, elle ne facilite pas la tâche des …
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A Comparative Analysis of the influence of Folklore on the works of the following African writers: Chinua Achebe, Eskia Mphahlele, Ngungi wa Thiongo' and Andrew Nkadimeng: An Afrocentric approach
… the writings of four selected African authors: Chinua Achebe, a renowned author from Nigeria, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʹo from Kenya, Es’kia Mphahlele and Andrew Nkadimeng, both from South Africa. These African authors, who chose to write their stories in English rather than in their African language, …
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The rhetoric of African fiction
… next analyzes the efforts of Gabriel Okara, Chinua Achebe, and Amos Tutuola in their "Africanization" of English, a process of developing a style suitable to the presentation of their perceptions of a unique African experience. This work concludes with a detailed analysis of the narrative …
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Beyond postcolonial: expression of self and exploration of the infinite in the writing of Jorge Luis Borges
… Written works such as Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, and film such as Bollywood or Nollywood offer perspective for students of English Literature on the struggle of Eastern writers and filmmakers for acceptance into the canon. Some critics, such as Edna Aizenberg, have addressed the …
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Holmes, Alice, and Ezeulu: Western Rationality in the Context of British Colonialism and Western Modernity
… of modernity in the book Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe. Using the theory of Jean Francois Lyotard, Martin Heidegger, and Theodor Adorno, I look at Western rationality through its manifestation in British colonialism. I argue that colonialism is a site where rationality's negative legacy is …
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National consciousness in Postcolonial Nigerian children's literature
… I draw together children's literature written by Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi and Mabel Segun in order to illustrate the emphasis Nigerian children's book authors writing within the postcolonial moment placed on the concepts of nation and national identity in the aim to 'refashion' the nation. …
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For All Peoples and All Nations: Anglophone Literature and the Imaginative Work of International Law (1884-2017)
… Joseph Conrad, Bryher, Vladimir Nabokov, Chinua Achebe, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—work through the promises and problems of international jurisprudence. More than a mere reflection of international law’s evolving theory and practice, the literature I treat registers the law’s …
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The Evolution of Feminism in Nigerian Media: A Look At IGBO Culture Films
… were adapted from novels of the same titles by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Adichie, respectively, and illuminate the depiction of women in the Nigerian media. Based on insights generated from the research evidence, this thesis establishes that Igbo culture films were previously instruments for …
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The portrayal of women in power and politics in Chinua Achebe's a man of the people and anthills of the savannah
… (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987) by Chinua Achebe from a Stiwanism perspective. The study sought to explore Achebe’s ‘feminist ideological turn’ by analysing how women in power and politics are depicted in the two selected novels. The study also pursued an analysis of how education is …