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Juma, Benson Wabwile. "Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart." Jumuga Journal of Education, Oral Studies, and Human Sciences 8, no. 1 (2025): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.35544/jjeoshs.v8i112.

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The research article is a critical evaluation of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart through the lens of postcolonial theory, trying to explain the novel's resistance to colonialist discourse and its recuperation of native African identity. The research article clarifies colonialism, postcolonialism, and decolonization, establishing the theoretical framework necessary for an educated critique of Achebe's novel. Using qualitative research based on detailed textual analysis supported by secondary scholarly literature, the paper evaluates fundamental postcolonial theoretical notions of otherness, o

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Rahayu, Mundi. "Women in Achebe’s Novel “Things Fall Apart”." Register Journal 3, no. 1 (2016): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18326/rgt.v3i1.37-50.

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This paper explores the image of women in Chinua Achebe novel’s Things Fall Apart. As the prominent postcolonial writer, Achebe has a vivid expression describing the social cultural values of the Ibo community in Nigeria, Africa. Analysis of the novel is done through the perspective of postcolonial feminism. Postcolonial feminism finds the relation and intersection between Postcolonialism and feminism. This interplay is interesting to observe. The findings show that in traditional patriarchal culture as in the novel, women are portrayed happy, harmonious members of the community, even when the

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S.Ranjith, Kumar. "A Study on Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart." Shanlax International Journal of English 7, no. 1 (2019): 155–57. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3457055.

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Chinua Achebe is a father of modern African Literature, who was awarded the Nigerian National order of merit Award in 1979. It’s the highest academic award in Nigeria. He is a fertile writer and versatile genius of African literature. His work are based on Igbo society, culture, traditions, beliefs etc., Things Fall Apart is the  rst work by Chinua Achebe which deals and portrays about the most crucial Igbo culture based on ancient African culture that encompasses polytheistic religion, forming tradition and attire and foods. The Igbo society is rich in culture, festivals, ceremonious o

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Azad, Md. Jahidul. "Cultural Variance in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart." Journal of ELT and Education 8, no. 2 (2025): 32–37. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15066955.

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<strong>Abstract: </strong>This paper explores the theme of cultural conflict in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart, focusing on the clash between traditional Igbo society and Western colonial forces. The study examines how the protagonist, Okonkwo, represents the struggle to preserve cultural identity amidst the imposition of foreign ideologies. It investigates the dynamics of change, resistance, and adaptation within Igbo society as colonial powers introduced Christianity, new political systems, and economic structures. The emphasis of the paper lies in analyzing the breakdown of

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Pinto, Cristina Ferreira. "Things Fall Apart de Chinua Achebe — texto orgulhosamente negro." Cem, no. 17 (2024): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21747/2182-1097/cem17a2.

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Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian author, has been considered by critics as one of the most impor-tant founders of African literature, in reaction to the literature that until then had been produced on Africa. In the sequence of the most diverse colonial literary texts and the arguments that validated colonialism in Africa, always in a dimension of affirmation of white superiority and black savagery, and in which any value, history, or notion of culture was denied to African peoples, Achebe begins a mission to show the western world that pre-colonial Igbo culture had beauty, philosophy, dignity and vi

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Md Eaqub Ali. "A Study of Colonial Confrontation in The Things Fall Apart." International Journal of Applied Educational Research (IJAER) 2, no. 4 (2024): 261–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.59890/ijaer.v2i4.1973.

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This research paper critically examines the portrayal of colonial confrontation in Chinua Achebe’s "Things Fall Apart," highlighting the themes of suppression and oppression. It argues that Achebe adeptly reconstructs the historical and political context of the Igbo people's recent past, illustrating their suppression and oppression by European colonizers. Furthermore, the paper explores how Achebe portrays Igbo community life and demonstrates how the arrival of white missionaries and colonial administrators gradually undermined traditional Igbo values. This erosion occurred initially through

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Muniyammal, T., and S. Rakesh. "Cultural Values and Disagreements in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 12, S3-Apr (2025): 245–49. https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v12is3-apr.9100.

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Every culture or community is the culmination of all of its members. An individual’s view points, ideas, and religion are reflected in society. Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” is a striking illustration of how a society’s great and terrible aspects can coexist and how a conflict between them can cause a civilisation to fall apart. Igbo society has been depicted by Achebe in a very realistic way. Through a compelling portrayal of the beauty, strength, and legitimacy of traditional life and values as well as the disruptiveness of change, Achebe expands on the issue of traditional versus chan

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Fardous, Shahrin. "Dissent in Things Fall Apart:." Crossings: A Journal of English Studies 8 (August 1, 2017): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v8i.123.

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Widely read and discussed author Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) has created dissent in Okonkwo out of the cultural clash between native African and traditional white culture of the archetypal colonialists — the British traders, missionaries and government officers – in his groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart (1958). From the very outset, Okonkwo is placed as an acute follower of his tribal customs and norms while dissenting against everything that disagrees with his Igbo heritage. This study aims to ascertain the route of a dissenter by rationalizing Okonkwo’s suicide as an act of ultimate rebel

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Musyoka, Boniface Muthui, and Peter Muhoro Dr. "Depiction of Female gender in Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart and A man of the people." International Journal of Social Science And Human Research 05, no. 10 (2022): 4513–18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7189006.

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This study sought to investigate Achebe’s ideological change from male-oriented view to feministic point of view. A significant number of critics argue that Chinua Achebe’s earlier novels such as Things Fall Apart depict women as being passive in the society. This study, therefore presents a depiction female gender in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and A man of the people. The study is based on the premise that A man of the people reflects Chinua Achebe’s change from traditional African Literature to modern fiction. The study was guided by one main objective; t

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Casimir, Komenan. "Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Seminal Novel in African Literature." Studies in Linguistics and Literature 4, no. 3 (2020): p55. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/sll.v4n3p55.

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Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is an influential novel in African literature for three reasons. First, it is a novel meant to promote African culture; second, it is a narrative about where things went wrong with Africans; and third, it is a prose text which contributed to Achebe’s worldwide recognition. It contains Achebe’s rejection of the degrading representation of Africans by European writers, and fosters Africa’s traditional values and humanism. The excesses of Igbo customs led the protagonist to flagrant misuse of power. The novel’s scriptural innovations bring fame to Achebe who is consider

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Mutashar, Hussein Zaboon. "Reclaiming African Identity: Analyzing Issues of Postcolonial-ism in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart"." International Journal of Language Learning and Applied Linguistics 3, no. 3 (2024): 71–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.51699/ijllal.v3i3.93.

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Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" stands as a seminal work in postcolonial literature, exploring the intricate dynamics between colonizers and the colonized in the context of European colonization's impact on African societies. This abstract delves into the novel's portrayal of postcolonial themes, focusing on the disruption of traditional Igbo culture, power dynamics between Europeans and indigenous peoples, and the psychological and emotional repercussions of colonization. Achebe was motivated to write the novel as a response to European portrayals of Africans in literature, particularly i

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Bizhan Hekmatshoar Tabari and Bamshad Hekmatshoar Tabari. "Chinua Achebe, Homi Bhabha and the Language of Ambivalence in Things Fall Apart." Creative Launcher 4, no. 5 (2019): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2019.4.5.03.

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Chinua Achebe, the contemporary Nigerian novelist is one of the most outstanding figures in modern African Literature. What bestows him such a credit might be taken to be his attempts to use literature as a discursive tool in the way of de-colonization. Precisely, what Achebe does in his novels is providing an alternative discourse which can depict not only an authentic picture of native African life with all its complexity, but also dynamic native characters in such a context with all their human and existential conflicts. Thus, it can be claimed that what makes Achebe’s novels different from

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Karanwal, Bindu. "Colonial and Post Colonial Perspectives of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe." Journal of National Development 31, no. 2 (2018): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.29070/31/58281.

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Victor, Onyango Ouno. "Things Falling Apart: Societies in Irreversible Transition in Achebe's Things Fall Apart and St. Luke's Gospel." International Journal of Social Science and Human Research 08, no. 05 (2025): 2960–68. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15421427.

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A text interacts with and references other texts. Meaning is a dialogue between different works. No text, as such, exists in isolation. This study is a critical reading of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart as a representation of communities on the verge of irreversible transition. Achebe’s novel is read as an imitation, though ‘not quite,’ of Judeo-Christian societies. The kernel of the argument in this study is that Achebe’s story, in many ways, bears a close semblance to Judaic and Christian societies in St. Luke’s Gospel. Using deconstructionist theory, I

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Ijem, Blessing U., and Isaiah I. Agbo. "Language and Gender Representation in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart." English Language Teaching 12, no. 11 (2019): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v12n11p55.

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This article examines the linguistic construction of gender in Chinua Achebe&rsquo;s Things Fall Apart. It shows how this reflects the social reality of the relationships between women and men in society, which is firstly structured in the unconscious mind. The examination of language use in constructing genders in the novel is important as it unveils the relationships between the male and the female in society. This is because gender representation is influenced by unconscious and hidden desires in man. This study specifically examines Achebe&rsquo;s use of grammatical categories in t

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Betu, Donat Nkuna. "A Linguistic Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Rhetoric and Stylistic Study." RADINKA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW 1, no. 2 (2023): 128–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.56778/rjslr.v1i2.365.

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This article analyses linguistically Achebe’s style and rhetoric in Things Fall Apart. In particular, his use of ‘’African English’’, drawing on proverbs, tales, and idioms of the Igbo culture, some borrowings from his native tongue, and some writing techniques used. This novel is written by Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian writer, and he interposes Western linguistic forms and literary traditions to record and preserve African Oral traditions as well as to subvert the colonialist language and culture.

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Habibi, Habibi, M. Manugeren, and Purwarno Purwarno. "RELIGIOUS LIFE IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S NOVEL THINGS FALL APART." JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE 4, no. 2 (2022): 251–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.30743/jol.v4i2.5841.

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This research is aimed at reflecting how Chinua Achebe reveals the religious life of Igbo people before and after the coming of the missionaries as well as the invasion of British in the southeastern part of Nigeria during the late 19th century. Achebe reflects that various practices of social and religious life are thrilling, cruel and even inhumane. This research is considered significant and worthy since it is an exertion to understand historical knowledge and life lessons about religious life of the local people. This study is supported by the theory of literary sociology proposed by Laure

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Bani-Khair, Baker Mohammad Jamil, Mohamad Helmi Al Ahmad, Majed AbdulKarim, and Mahmoud Alkhazaleh. "Social and Political Corruption in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958): A Critical Study." International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation 6, no. 4 (2023): 110–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2023.6.4.14.

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This paper studies the idea of the social and political corruption in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958) from a critical view point. It focuses on Okonkow's characterization levels, and highlights the ontological, individualistic, political, and social aspects of the main character's aspects. Achebe's novel is a rich example of the social and political corruption of the tribal system that is built on myths, tribal mentality and physical prowess. Such a masterpiece by the Nigerian Novelist, China Achebe, serves as an authentic representation of a particular time period and setting when Ni

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Betu, Donat Nkuna. "A Linguistic Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Rhetoric and Stylistic Study." JOURNAL OF DIGITAL LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION 2, no. 3 (2023): 513–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.56778/jdlde.v2i3.140.

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This article analyses linguistically Achebe’s style and rhetoric in Things Fall Apart. In particular, his use of ‘’African English’’, drawing on proverbs, tales, and idioms of the Igbo culture, some borrowings from his native tongue, and some writing techniques used. This novel is written by Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian writer, and he interposes in it western linguistic forms and literary traditions in order to record and preserve African Oral traditions as well as to subvert the colonialist language and culture.

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Nsa, Asuquo Okon. "Conversational Perspectives in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart''." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 22, no. 3 (2024): 1362–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14749613.

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The paper titled Conversational Perspectives in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” was undertaken to determine the conversational style deployed in a dialogue between Mr. Brown, a representative of the colonial masters, and Akunna, one of the elders in Umuofia.  J. L. Austine and J. Searle Speech Act Theory, and H. P. Grice Conversational Implicature Theory were used to analyze the text. It was found out that two major illocutionary speech functions of Representative and Directive were prominent in the conversation. The conversation also revealed some perlocutionary act

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Gambhire, Prashant U. "International Journal of English and World Languages & Literature Paradigm Shift in International Research." International Journal of English and World Languages & Literature Paradigm Shift in International Research 1, no. 1 (2024): 9–11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14542621.

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Globally, readers have been really drawn to African literature. In African literature, nearly every writer has focused on the interaction between Africa and the West. African writings capture the rich complexity and diversity of post-colonial African realities. Writers who have explored social and cultural identity through their history and customs include Wole Soyinka, T. M. Aluko, Chinua Achebe, Ayi Armah, and James Ngugi. By depicting the misery of African people, societal ills, corruption, political injustice, and economic imbalance, it has been fulfilling social purposes. As a result of c

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aggarwal, Ruchee. "Chinua Achebe’s “Things fall apart”; colonialism versus tradition." Indian Journal of Applied Research 3, no. 4 (2011): 221–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/apr2013/73.

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Ms., Areej Bahhari. "Cultural Appropriation and Resistance: A Critical Analysis of Chinua Achebe`s Things Fall Apart." International Journal of Scientific Development and Research 9, no. 2 (2024): 211–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10647603.

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This abstract examines the concept of appropriation in Chinua Achebe's seminal novel, "Things Fall Apart," exploring how the author strategically employs the literary device to convey a complex narrative about the impact of colonialism on Igbo society in Nigeria. Achebe's appropriation manifests in various forms, including linguistic choices, narrative structure, character development, and the representation of cultural traditions. The author skillfully appropriates the English language, inherited from colonial powers, to craft a narrative that challenges Western-centric perspectives on Africa

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Bekler, Ecevit. "The True Face of Pre-Colonial Africa in “Things Fall Apart”." Respectus Philologicus 25, no. 30 (2014): 96–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/respectus.2014.25.30.7.

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The Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is known to be one of the most influential African writers and holds an important place in postcolonial studies. His main aim was to reconstructthe wrongly established beliefs, ideas, and thoughts of the Western world regarding Africa. To realize his aim, he made careful selections in his choice of language, which contributed greatly to sharing his observations, ideas, and beliefs with the rest of the world. He wrote his novels in English, believing that doing so would be more powerful in conveying the true face of pre-colonial Africa, rather than in Nigerian,

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Hariati, Puji, Purwarno Purwarno, Jumino Suhadi, et al. "Decoding Ecological Discourses in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: An Ecolinguistic Approach." World Journal of English Language 15, no. 7 (2025): 253. https://doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v15n7p253.

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This study examines ecological discourses in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart through an ecolinguistic lens. Ecolinguistics explores the interplay between language and environment, highlighting how linguistic practices influence and reflect ecological contexts (Stibbe, 2021). Despite its significance, African literature's engagement with ecological issues, especially Achebe's work, remains underexplored. Achebe's novel, known for its detailed portrayal of Igbo society and environmental interactions, has primarily been analyzed through socio-political and cultural lenses, leaving ecological di

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Khalaf, Sarab Husian, and Rudaina Abdulrazzaq M. Saeed. "A FOUCAULTIAN READING OF RESISTANCE IN CHINUA ACHEBE’S NOVEL "THINGS FALL APART "." JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE STUDIES 7, no. 2 (2023): 306–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/lang.7.2.15.

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The field of cultural, human and literature has taken the entire study of the concept of resistance, as this concept is linked to the French theorist Michel Foucault. He asserts that power is what caused us to be in the place where we are now. There is no separation between resistance and power, both come through the other. Chinua Achebe is the greatest and most famous writer in African literature. He attempts to find an escape from the colonial turn that invaded African literature, The goal of Achebe's writings is to enable the African people to have pride in their history. His novel "Things

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Alsyouf, Amjad. "Hegemonic Masculinity in Archetypal African Novels." INFORMASI (Jurnal Informatika dan Sistem Informasi) 48, no. 2 (2018): 169–79. https://doi.org/10.21831/informasi.v48i2.21657.

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The study attempts to examine the concept of hegemonic masculinity in Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North (1966) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958). To achieve that it deals with two concerns. First, it tackles the process of development of masculinity attempting to identify hegemonic masculinity among other stages within this process. Secondly, it investigates hegemonic masculinity as a concept occasionally occurs in popular African fiction with emphasis placed on its presence in Salih’s Season of Migration to the North and Achebe’s Things Fall Apa

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Hajo, Suhair. "What Actually ‘Falls Apart’ in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart?" Journal of Garmian University 5, no. 4 (2018): 452–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.24271/garmian.426.

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Paradiso, Silvio Ruiz, and Emanoel Lima Silva Soares. "MUNDO SEM FIM: A CONVERSÃO RELIGIOSA EM THINGS FALL APART E NO LONGER AT EASE, DE CHINUA ACHEBE." Revista Cesumar – Ciências Humanas e Sociais Aplicadas 25, no. 1 (2020): 33–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.17765/1516-2664.2020v25n1p33-52.

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Ao retratar o período histórico da colonização na Nigéria, o escritor Chinua Achebe revela a função ideológica da pregação cristã, que coaduna com o propósito do império britânico: dominação cultural, política e social. Neste artigo, refletimos sobre a conversão religiosa por meio da análise de dois romances pós-coloniais: Things fall apart (1958) e No longer at ease (1960).

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Issa, DJIMET, and DJALDI Simon ANDJAFFA. "Exploring the African history through literature: A transitivity analysis of Chinua Achebe's things fall apart." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 24, no. 3 (2024): 2236–53. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15221416.

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This work is chiefly concerned with the Transitivity analysis of two selected extracts from <em>Things Fall Apart</em> authored by the famous Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. These extracts have been qualitatively singled out from the novel, and theTransitivity theory has been applied to them in order to highlight the various process types and the main participants. Actually, the analysis of the linguistic data has been carried out both on the qualitative and the quantitative bases. In Extract 1 the results reveal that the main experiences in terms of doings, happenings, beings and hav

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Hyacinth, Pink. "The Emergence of The Autonomous Individual." International Journal of Management and Humanities (IJMH) 3, no. 11 (2019): 8–24. https://doi.org/10.35940/ijmh.K0299.0731119.

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This research article titled “The Emergence of the Autonomous Individual “explores the early fiction of Ayn Rand and Chinua Achebe and proceeds with the assumption that the autonomous individual is seen emerging in Ayn Rand"s We the Living (1936) and Anthem (1938) and in Chinua Achebe"s Things Fall Apart (1958) and Arrow of God (1964) respectively. In the fiction of Ayn Rand, the researcher explores the nature of the individual from the socio-political context. Rand"s Anthem follows We the Living chronologically, and is set in Communist Russia and trigger off the rise of the indivi

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Ilyas, Muhammad Shadab. "Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: A Study from a Feminist Perspective." Journal of Asian Multicultural Research for Educational Study 5, no. 3 (2024): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.47616/jamres.v5i3.522.

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The 20th century saw the emergence of feminist theory and gender studies as literary concepts. African literature from the 1890s examines gender issues and women's identities from various perspectives. "Things Fall Apart" prompts a gender dynamics study. It examines a range of feminist concerns that represent power dynamics, femininity, and masculinity. Achebe, influenced by colonialist literature, presents an image of pre-colonial Igbo culture to refute Eurocentric myths. The research focuses on patriarchy, its substantial effects on gender, and how it limits and influences women's lives. The

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Yuliana Sari, Putri, and Ruly Indra Darmawan. "CULTURAL HYBRIDITY AS THE IMPACT OF BRITISH COLONIALISM IN ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART." English Teaching Journal and Research: Journal of English Education, Literature, And Linguistics 4, no. 2 (2024): 47–71. https://doi.org/10.55148/etjar.v4i2.1166.

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This study deals with the novel entitled Things Fall Apart which is create by a well-known Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe to sees the portraying of the relationship between British colonialism and cultural hybridity. The entire novel portrays Igbo society with specificity and sympathy and examines the effects of British colonialism from an African perspective. The objectives of this study is to identify the way the author explain the impact of British colonialism in Igbo society and create cultural hybridity phenomena which include religion or believe system, educational system and law or polit

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Tarique, Anwer. "The Effect of Fragile Values on Native Society in Chinua Achebe's Novel-Things Fall Apart." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 3, no. 8 (2022): 106–11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7512385.

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The myopic aspect of cultural life of Igbo people in Things Fall Apart has been well portrayed by Chinua Achebe. Although he does write with sensitivity and empathy for the Igbo, he does not hide the fact that many of their rituals and traditions rest on questionable foundations. Ibo society encourages or even demands certain practices which are harmful to its constituents. My research paper is an attempt to decode the pros and cons of values and its mismanagement in the context of Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart and how a weak value renders a society redundant and reckless. A p

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Skibsrud, Johanna. "“Everywhere Felt and Nowhere Seen”: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and the “Sovereign Paradox"." Excursions Journal 5, no. 1 (2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.20919/exs.5.2014.179.

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 This paper argues that Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart reflects what Giorgio Agamben refers to as the “sovereign paradox” on two levels: first—as reflected by the subject of the novel—on the juridico-political level, and second, on the level of the language and structure of the novel itself. The relationship between these two levels is made clear by Agamben, who uses language as the prime example of the “sovereign paradox” implicit to the juridical order. “Language,” he writes, “is the sovereign who, in a permanent state of exception, declares that there is nothing outside language an

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Francis, Ibe Mogu. "Beyond the Igbo Cosmos: Achebe's Things Fall Apart as a Cross- Cultural Novel." NDỤÑỌDE: Calabar Journal of The Humanities 13, no. 1 (2018): 40–47. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1467438.

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Abstract: Much, very much has been written about Chinua Achebe's premier novel, Things fall Apart (1958). This paper establishes that Things Fall Apart which was intended to counter the depiction of Black Africa in Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson and other texts written by European Colonial and Eurocentric authors, has now defied the expectations of even the most adept optimists in terms of its cultural and economic imports. This essay further reveals that Things Fall Apart is not only consistently popular among Igbo students and scholars, it is very popular with other Nigerian and African

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Rhoads, Diana Akers. "Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart." African Studies Review 36, no. 2 (1993): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/524733.

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Lin, Yao Jung. "Heteroglossia in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart." Journal of English Language and Literature 2, no. 1 (2014): 161–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.17722/jell.v2i1.32.

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Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe’s first African novel, is a story about the traditional Igbo life in the pre-colonial period. It is often seen as an African national epic by literary critics because of its characterization of a bellicose hero, Okonkwo. These critics pay attention to the unitary epic viewpoint represented by the hero but ignore the diverse opposing viewpoints in the Igbo society of Umuofia. Hence, this paper aims to represent the double-voiced discourses in the novel by adopting M. M. Bakhtin’s theory of heteroglossia. Bakhtin’s four fundamental forms for incorporating heterog

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Lin, Yao Jung. "Heteroglossia in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart." Journal of English Language and Literature 2, no. 1 (2014): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.17722/jell.v2i1.70.

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Salman, Dr Fahim Cheffat. "Dehumanization and Oppression of Females in Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"." Indian Journal of Social Science and Literature 1, no. 2 (2023): 24–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.54105/ijssl.c1057.121221.

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African literature with its great reputation starts as an oral literature to a form of literature that is written in the languages of colonizers. It reveals many powerful cultural and political frameworks that impress to maintain displacement intact. Culture as a complicated social apparatus and regulation. This paper reveals dehumanization and oppression of females in the black continent. The place of women in Igbo cultural practices is depicted by Chinua Achebe in his famous book Things Fall Apart by highlighting the significant and vital role Igbo women play in the story. This was achieved

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Osei-Nyame, Godwin Kwadwo. "Chinua Achebe Writing Culture: Representations of Gender and Tradition in Things Fall Apart." Research in African Literatures 30, no. 2 (1999): 148–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ral.2005.0076.

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Zéphirin, Bokotiabato Mokogna, EPOUNDA Mexan Serge, and Basile Marius NGASSAKI. "A Comparative Approach of the Portrayal of the Cultural Identity in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon and in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart." International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation 6, no. 11 (2023): 183–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2023.6.11.22.

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The present work aims to compare in detail the depiction of cultural identity inToni Morrison’s Song of Solomon and in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. What is particularly revealing is the different devices these writers use to portray aspects of cultural identity, combining autobiographical material with fiction. In other words, this analysis shines light on the different elements they utilize in defining their identities. In this respect, the success of this analysis requires the use of sociological, historical, psychological, and linguistic approaches. Both authors portray their cultural

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Thamarai, Selvi, and Arputha Malar Aruna. "The Art of Characterization in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease." ISSRA Journal of Education, Linguistics and Literature 01, no. 01 (2021): 4–10. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5569083.

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Chinua Achebe is considered to be the best novelist even today in African literature. The subject in his novels is the tragic consequence of the African encounter with Europe. This is the main theme of his novels. His novels deal with the social and psychological conflicts created by the incursion of the Whiteman and his culture into the hitherto self-contained world of African society, and the disarray in the African consciousness. His subject also deals with individuals. Achebe’s writing always reflects three essential qualities. The first one is the influence of the colonialism at bot

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Savarimuththu Kilbert, Thangarajah Jeevahan, and Maniccarajah Thamilselvan. "Things fall apart: A liminal identity: Thematic approach of identity crisis." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 17, no. 1 (2023): 589–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.0079.

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The aim of this research is to analyze the novel, Things Fall Apart as a liminal Identity: Thematic approach of Identity Crisis from the perspective of Postcolonial Literature. The study analyzes the plot development and the thematic aspects of the novel on one level. On the other level the paper analyzes how the facts related to the colonial aspects of Africa and the impact of colonialism are embedded in this fiction. Therefore, it is a comparative study of Post-colonialism and Post-Colonial Literature. A brief introduction to Postcolonial literature is given at the outset. The indication of

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Piola, Afriliyani, and Happy Anastasia Usman. "THE IMPACT OF THE 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN COLONIALISM IN AFRICA, IN THE NOVEL “THINGS FALL APART” BY CHINUA ACHEBE." British (Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris) 8, no. 2 (2019): 109. http://dx.doi.org/10.31314/british.8.2.109-118.2019.

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Things Fall Apart is a novel potrays the background of traditional life and primitive culture Ibo tribe in Umuofia, Nigeria, Africa and also the impact of European colonialism towards Africans’ society in the early 19th century. The research applies the qualitative method and it supported by the sociology of literature approach. The primary data are taken from the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Based on the analysis the researcher conducts, the impact of European colonialism in Africa which not only brings a positive impacts but also negative legacy. There are several points of the

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Anaya Ferreira, Nair María. "Escribir en la encrucijada: intertextualidad y polifonía en la obra de Chinua Achebe." Anuario de Letras Modernas 21 (October 31, 2019): 167–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ffyl.01860526p.2018.21.1196.

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A sesenta años de la publicación de Things Fall Apart en 1958, la obra narrativa de Chinua Achebe continúa ofreciendo interesantes perspectivas de las condiciones históricas que dieron lugar a las sociedades africanas modernas. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar cómo a través de un uso magistral de la intertextualidad Achebe examina las relaciones interculturales surgidas del proceso expansionista europeo, así como la forma en que dichas relaciones configuraron las sociedades híbridas de la actualidad. Mi argumento plantea que, además de proponer una reflexión sobre la historia de Nigeri

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Majeed Kadhem, Suhaib. "Conflict between Tradition and Change in Chinua Achebe's postcolonial novel Things Fall Apart." Al-Adab Journal 1, no. 124 (2018): 81–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.31973/aj.v1i124.115.

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In studying the history of Asian and African countries, the colonial period plays an important role in understanding their history, religion, tradition and culture. Things Fall Apart is an English novel by the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, published in 1957, which shows the African culture, their religious and traditions through the Igbo society. This novel captures the colonial period and its effect on Igbo society. It is a response and a record of control of western colonialism on the traditional values of the African people. This paper treats the novel as a postcolonial text, by focusing o

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Onuoha, Onyekachi Peter. "Traumatic memory and the abuse of child rights in Things Fall Apart." Pedagogika Społeczna Nova 2, no. 3 (2022): 153–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/psn.2022.3.9.

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    Neglect is a form of child abuse it is the failure of parents to redeem their obligation towards their children. In the novel titled: Things Fall Apart (henceforth TFA) written by Chinua Achebe, the protago- nist called Okonkwo suffers parental neglect, which of course led to his ultimate downfall. Okonkwo’s father, Unoka failed to give adequate parental care to his son as portrayed by Achebe in the novel and that parental gap acted as an inertia in Okonkwo’s tragic end. Through the application of trauma theory, this study examines childhood trauma and how it condit

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KANGANA MUELEKESHI, Blaise. "African Culture and Language in African Literature: A Study of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart." Revue du Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de l'Université Pédagogique Nationale 96, no. 1 (2023): 203–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.62362/hram5946.

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Résumé La littérature étant le reflet de la réalité social d’un peuple, se présente comme un outil de répression de toute mauvaise vision ou déconsidération de ce peuple par toute influence extérieure. En fait, la littérature africaine, quelle que soit sa langue d’expression, s’avère utile pour corriger les visions et interprétations erronées de ce continent et surtout des nègres à travers les écrits des colonialistes Européens. Les écrivains africains en général, et le nigérian Chinua Achebe en particulier, s’efforcent de réagir contre le mépris de l’Africain noir présenté comme un peuple sau

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Savarimuththu, Kilbert, Jeevahan Thangarajah, and Thamilselvan Maniccarajah. "Things fall apart: A liminal identity: Thematic approach of identity crisis." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 17, no. 1 (2023): 589–95. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080559.

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The aim of this research is to analyze the novel, <em>Things Fall Apart </em>as a liminal Identity: Thematic approach of Identity Crisis from the perspective of Postcolonial Literature. The study analyzes the plot development and the thematic aspects of the novel on one level. On the other level the paper analyzes how the facts related to the colonial aspects of Africa and the impact of colonialism are embedded in this fiction. Therefore, it is a comparative study of Post-colonialism and Post-Colonial Literature. A brief introduction to Postcolonial literature is given at the outset.

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