PPT-Introduction to Chinua Achebe and

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 . Achebe wrote TFA in response to European novels that depicted Africans as savages who QHHGHG57347WR57347EH57347HQOLJKWHQHG57347E57347WKH57347XURSHDQV5736157347FKHEH57347SUHVHQWV57347WR57347WKH57347UHDGHU57347KLV57347SHRSOH57526V57347KLVWRU57347 with Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart is a triumph of repetition in its own language Its translation in to French by Michel Ligny is a piece of effrontery T his paper analyses th e translatio of repetitions as part of comic musical symbolic and aest heti India Things Fall Apart is a 1958 English novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe In the novel Achebe explains the role of women in pre colonial Africa Women are relegated to an inferior position throughout the novel Their status has been degraded Ge These resources are to help students who are studying Things Fall Apart as part of the OCR GCSE English and English Literature specifications These pages can be freely downloaded and printed out as required This material may be freely copied for ins 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 Emily . Werner. Block 1-4. Thesis . In the tragic novel, . Things Fall Apart. , . C. hinua Achebe illustrates the theme that actions have consequences through the use of a simile, flashback, and symbol.. 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, . “African people did not hear of culture for the first time from Europeans; their societies were not mindless but frequently had a philosophy of great depth and value and beauty; they had poetry and above all they had dignity.”. Chinua Achebe. Today: . Summarize Chinua Achebe’s life and background on European colonization. Connect . background information on European colonization to Chinua Achebe’s writings. Thursday: . Vocabulary terms, read story. 9/21/11- Proverbs. Vocabulary Practice. Complete your word families chart.. Conversation. Activity. Help. Participation. Movement. Be an active listener and copy down the notes.. Ask and answer questions.. 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!. 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. Montanna. Africa. . Africa has a unique culture.. Most people call it the “rainbow nation” that terms describes the uniqueness of the . continent’s . multicultural diversity. . Africa has a large number of Afrikaans-(descended from Dutch settlers) and English speakers (the British began colonizing the region in the 1800s). .