PPT-CHINUA ACHEBE’S
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THINGS FALL APART LQ Can I analyse how Achebe presents the Religious struggle through his language choice structure and form TERMINOLOGY onomatopoeia repetition
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THINGS FALL APART LQ Can I analyse how Achebe presents the Religious struggle through his language choice structure and form TERMINOLOGY onomatopoeia repetition alliteration sibilance simile metaphor personification . by Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe remains the most read African author in . the world. . Things Fall Apart. enormously successful first novel, published in 1958. has sold millions of copies and has been . THINGS FALL APART. LQ: . . Can I . analyse. how Achebe presents . Okonkwo’s. . struggle with alienation and dislocation, through the . language choice, structure and form?. . TERMINOLOGY: . onomatopoeia, . By: Tessa Brown and Nicole Schnabel. Anesis (an-NEE-sis). :. . A figure of addition that occurs when a concluding sentence, clause, or phrase is added to a statement which purposely diminishes the effect of what has been previously stated. . THINGS FALL APART. "Mosquito [...] had asked Ear to marry him, whereupon Ear fell on the floor in uncontrollable laughter. "How much longer do you think you will live?" she asked. "You are already a skeleton." Mosquito went away humiliated, and any time he passed her way he told Ear that he was still alive." . Things Fall Apart. The Colonization of Africa. AFRICA, circa 1880:. Colonial Literature: . The “Noble Savage” & t. he . “Dark Continent”. Aphra Behn, . Oroonoko. . (1688). : an unjustly enslaved African prince leads a slave rebellion in Surinam –but after defeat, kills his (willing) wife and calmly submits to torture and execution rather than submit.. --Chinua Achebe Nigeria Size 823,770 km 2 (about twice the size of California) growth 2.9% Infant mortalit y 69.46 per 1,000 births Life expectancy 53 Literacy 47% Major religions 50% Muslim An introduction to a most celebrated African novel. Setting. . Novel is set in the 1890s. Africa is being colonized by the British and other European countries. It’s a mad scramble for land, resources and labor. Famous Nigerian author – best known for ‘Things Fall Apart’ (1958). This was a reaction to Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’. (The inspiration for Apocalypse Now). Vultures. This is the name of the next poem you are going to study. . Chinua Achebe - Goodreads. Chinua Achebe was a novelist, poet, professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Born 1930 in Nigeria. Writes about the breakdown of traditional African Culture in the face of European Colonization in the . 1800s. .. Sought to educate his fellow Nigerians about their culture and traditions. Today, each group is assigned an article to read and annotate. . 1. Read the article.. 2. Annotate the article.. 3. Answer the questions at the end of the article.. 4. Prepare a lecture based on your topic. Each group member MUST present!. Things Fall Apart. Born Albert . Chinualumogu. Achebe in 1930 in Nigeria. Born to Ibo parents who were deeply Protestant; he was raised in the Protestant denomination. Highly educated, often wrote about world religion and traditional African culture. . Chinua Achebe - Goodreads. Chinua Achebe was a novelist, poet, professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. . Nigerian Life. . •. -Food varies greatly depending on region. •. -TV’s, VCR’s, and Radios are popular where electricity is available.. •. Celebrate some holidays, including their independence day, which is October 1st, and workers day, which is May 1st..
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