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Books on: Achebe OR Achebes

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Achebe the Orator: The Art of Persuasion in Chinua Achebe's Novels

Book by Chinwe Christiana Okechukwu; Greenwood Press, 2001

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Political And Social Views, Achebe, Chinua--Technique, English Language--Nigeria--Rhetoric, Literature And Society--Nigeria--History--20th Century, Nigeria--In Literature, Persuasion (Rhetoric), Political Oratory--Nigeria, Politics And Literature--Nigeria--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...aspects of Achebe's creative impulse and power of oration. She bends down to such basics as the dynamics of imagery in Achebes's texts. The mechanics of metonomy in constructing the name Umuofia and the use of hyperbole in representing the collision...
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The Chinua Achebe Encyclopedia

Book by M. Keith Booker, Simon Gikandi; Greenwood Press, 2003

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Encyclopedias, Authors, Nigerian--20th Century--Biography--Encyclopedias, Nigeria--In Literature--Encyclopedias

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Though best known as a novelist, Achebe is also a critic, activist, and spokesman for African culture. This reference is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to his life and writings. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries. Some of these are substantive summary discussions ...
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Though best known as a novelist, Achebe is also a critic, activist, and spokesman for African culture. This reference is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to his life and writings. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries. Some of these are substantive summary discussions of Achebe's major works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Entries are written by expert contributors and close with brief bibliographies. The volume also provides a general bibliography and chronology.
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The Four Novels of Chinua Achebe: A Critical Study

Book by Benedict Chiaka Njoku; Peter Lang, 1984

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism And Interpretation, Nigeria--In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...subtleties of the artists world. Achebes fictional world is a world that bristles...existence that shapes human destinies. Achebes fictional world is realistic, and...language. But in terms of actualities Achebes four novels are imperfect, fictional...
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Understanding Things Fall Apart: Selected Essays and Criticism

Book by Solomon O. Iyasere; Whitston Publishing, 1998

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism And Interpretation, Achebe, Chinua--Things Fall Apart

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Although these essays and criticisms evaluate different linguistic and thematic aspects of "Things Fall Apart," and they vary in scope and depth of treatment, they do share common distinguishing features—they are provocative, informed and lucidly written. Collectively, they provide a maximum ...
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Although these essays and criticisms evaluate different linguistic and thematic aspects of "Things Fall Apart," and they vary in scope and depth of treatment, they do share common distinguishing features—they are provocative, informed and lucidly written. Collectively, they provide a maximum of interpretation of the crucial elements in the work at a maximum level of significance. Iyasere includes a critical introduction, a selected bibliography and an Index to Proverbs. This volume provides a full range of the most perceptive criticism of Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" and will appeal t o both the generalists and specialists of African, African-American and Comparative Literatures.
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Challenging Hierarchies: Issues and Themes in Colonial and Postcolonial African Literature

Book by Leonard A. Podis, Yakubu Saaka; Peter Lang, 1998

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism And Interpretation, African Literature (English)--History And Criticism, African Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...woman writer as "killjoy"--A critical debate on Achebes depiction of women--Eurocentric challenges to...II: A Critical Debate on Achebes Depiction of Women 109 Achebes Women: Mothers, Priestesses, and Young Urban...

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Journal Articles on: Achebe OR Achebes

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Achebe's Sense of an Ending: History and Tragedy in 'Things Fall Apart

Journal article by Richard Begam; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 29, 1997

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Closure (Rhetoric)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature and history--Analysis, Things Fall Apart (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Achebes sense of an ending: history and tragedy in Things Fall Apart...examining these questions, I want to take up the case of Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart because, as an exercise in historical recuperation...entirely unproblematic.(6) Yet any straightforward reading of Achebes ending must reconcile itself with the fact that the novel...
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Textual Dynamics in Chinua Achebe's Home and Exile and No Longer at Ease

Journal article by Ian H. Munro; International Fiction Review, Vol. 31, 2004

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation, Home and Exile (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Literature--Criticism and interpretation, No Longer At Ease (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Textual Dynamics in Chinua Achebes Home and Exile and No Longer at Ease...In this paper, I use Chinua Achebes nonfiction work Home and Exile (2000...of the writer. I will argue that in Achebes work the inter-, intra-, and extratextual...
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Oral Tradition and Modern Storytelling: Revisiting Chinua Achebe's Short Stories

Journal article by Ode Ogede; International Fiction Review, 2001

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Girls at War and Other Stories (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nigerian literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Oral tradition--Influence, Short stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Modern Storytelling: Revisiting Chinua Achebes Short Stories. by Ode Ogede...exclusive preoccupation with Chinua Achebes novels has somewhat decidedly deflected...rekindle interest specifically in Achebes short fiction. Numerically, Achebes...
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Achebe's Spatial Temporalities: Literary Chronotopes in Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God

Journal article by Harry Olufunwa; Critical Survey, Vol. 17, 2005

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation, Achebe, Chinua--Works, Authors--Works, Bakhtin, Mikhail--Works, Writers--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Achebes Spatial Temporalities: Literary Chronotopes in Things Fall...individuals are less likely to be manipulated by it. In Achebes Things Fall Apart, for example, Okonkwos wives notice that...culturally appropriate in an exceptionally dynamic society. Achebes fiction demonstrates an awareness of human lifespans as measured...
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Said and Achebe: Writers at the Crossroads of Culture

Journal article by Fadwa Abdelrahman; Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2005

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation, Achebe, Chinua--Works, African literature--Criticism and interpretation, Cultural imperialism--Portrayals, Said, Edward W.--Criticism and interpretation, Said, Edward W.--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...escape stultification. In this context, Achebes article "An Image of Africa" (1975...re-reading canonical English texts. Both Achebes and Saids cultural relations to empire...In this context, both Saids and Achebes works are proofs of Saids opinion...

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Magazine Articles on: Achebe OR Achebes

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Nigeria Has Obasanjo Failed?

Magazine article by Peter Ezeh; New African, October 2002

Subjects:

Achebe, Chinua, Economic development--Political aspects, Military government--Political aspects, Military government--Social aspects, Nigeria--Political aspects, Obasanjo, Olusegun, Political leadership, Political reform, Social problems--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...since the end of the eighth military dictatorship (counting from the first one in 1966), it is obvious that the demand for Achebes powerful little book will continue to soar. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a former military ruler himself(1976-1979), does not...
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Okonkwo in His Time

Magazine article by Charles R. Larson; World and I, Vol. 13, March 1998

Subjects:

Africa--19th century AD, Leadership--Africa, Nineteenth century, Things Fall Apart (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Entire Library

...Okonkwo, the protagonist in Chinua Achebes masterpiece Things Fall Apart (1958...Consequently, the initial emphasis in Achebes narrative is as much upon the collective...into the future. Western readers of Achebes novel are often perplexed by the authors...
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Tainted Love: For Writers of Colonial Fiction, Africa Held a Dark Erotic Attraction, Even If the Message Underlying Their Work Was That Europeans Have No Place There

Magazine article by Jason Cowley; New Statesman, Vol. 135, January 30, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Tropic Moon (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...whole generation of students of post-colonial literature. In Achebes vision of what constitutes literary art, the ethical and...a novel set in Africa is merely further confirmation of Achebes pessimism. So must Conrad always remain our first point...
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Nagugi Wa Thiong'o and the Politics of Language

Magazine article by Theodore Pelton; The Humanist, Vol. 53, March 1993

Subjects:

African writers--Political activity, Authors, African--Political activity, Kikuyu (African people), Language and languages, Ngugi wa Thiong'o--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...And it is important to remember that Achebes credentials as a champion of literary...that consciously seeks to show, in Achebes words, that "African peoples did not...all, they had dignity." Moreover, Achebes position on the use of European languages...
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A Light Goes out for African Writing: Nana Yaa Mensah on the End of a Great and Influential Publishing Adventure

Magazine article by Nana Yaa Mensah; New Statesman, Vol. 132, February 24, 2003

Subjects:

African literature--Marketing, African literature--Planning, Harcourt General Inc.--Planning, Publishing industry--Planning

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...to overstate its importance to African writing. The launch title was Achebes great novel Things Fall Apart; William Heinemann had published it in...business may have changed, but that cannot justify killing the spirit of Achebe, Hill and Milne.

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Newspaper Articles on: Achebe OR Achebes

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Culture Shock

Newspaper article by Lisa Rauschart; The Washington Times, February 7, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...CULTURE SHOCK by Lisa Rauschart When Chinua Achebes novel "Things Fall Apart" was originally published 41 years...rarely chronicled and even more rarely understood. For Mr. Achebe, the need to underscore a common humanity across cultures...
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Football: PLAY UP AND LOOK BIG; THE 3PM BETTING BOYS

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 26, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and that looks about right to us. Achebes most famous book Things Fall Apart...books of the last century. So 14/1 Achebe? Thats got to be a rick. The prize...Peter Carey, 8 Ian McEwan, 14 Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje...
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Football: PLAY UP AND LOOK BIG; THE 3PM BETTING BOYS

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 26, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and that looks about right to us. Achebes most famous book Things Fall Apart...books of the last century. So 14/1 Achebe? Thats got to be a rick. The prize...Peter Carey, 8 Ian McEwan, 14 Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje...
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Oil Firm Walks Fine Line Criticizing Nigeria

Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, February 22, 1996

Subjects:

Nigeria, Petroleum services industry, Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd. in London, and Nnaemeka Achebe is director and general manager of human resources for Shell...by the government and that you are assisting in that. Mr. Achebe: If you look at the federal, state and local governments, all...
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Out & About

Newspaper article by Frappa Stout; The Washington Times, February 4, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...fights with all his might as English colonials threaten his village in "Things Fall Apart," the 20th-century novel by Chinua Achebe . Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele and American director Chuck Mike team up to bring the story to the stage this weekend - just...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Achebe OR Achebes

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Achebe, Chinua

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ACHEBE, CHINUA chin wa acha ba, 1930 , Nigerian writer, b. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe. A graduate of University College at Ibadan (1953), Achebe, an Igbo who writes in English, is one of Africas most acclaimed authors and considered by...
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African Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...work and often weave oral conventions into their writing. pBitek structured Song of Iowino (1966) as an Acholi poem; Achebes characters pepper their speech with proverbs in Things Fall Apart (1958). Others, such as Senegalese novelist Ousmane...
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Novel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the literature of different cultures widely available. The international readership claimed by such authors as Africas Chinua Achebe, Indias R. K. Narayan, Japans Yukio Mishima, and Latin Americas Jorge Luis Borges indicates the variety of novels available...

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