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Achebe and Things Fall Apart

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Who WAS CHINUA ACHEBE?

  • live from ____ to ____?
  • Where was he born?
  • Where & how was he educated?
  • What occupations did he hold?
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"He [Achebe] spoke of 'two types of music' running through his mind, Ibo legends, and the prose of Dickens."

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"Literature is always badly served when an author's artistic insight yields to stereotype and malice...it becomes double offensive when such a work is arrogantly proffered to you as your story."

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Quick Facts

  • First Published in ______
  • The novel that almost wasn't
  • Still widely read and published
  • Novel's title is an allusion
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What to Know

AS YOU READ PART ONE OF THINGS FALL APART
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ETHNOGRAPHY=

Part one of the novel.
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Ask yourself...

  • Traits of a Civilization?
  • What celebrations/beliefs do I see?
  • What behaviors do I witness?
  • What do the behaviors mean?
  • How do I see myth, folktales, and proverbs?
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Characters

TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO.
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OKONKWO

"...WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE NINE VILLAGES AND EVEN BEYOND" (3).
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A GREAT MAN

BUT WHAT DOES "GREAT" MEAN?
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LOOK FOR

  • Father & Son relationships
  • The role of wives and daughters
  • Patriarchal symbols and actions
  • Tragic Flaw(s)
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Dr Sidney Jones Jr