Arrow of God

Achebe, Chinua

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“…The pre-colonial and colonial periods are signalled in the first novel by Chinua Achebe (1958;1964): Things Fall Apart, and to some extent in Arrow of God, his third novel. Killam (1969: p. 14 the publishing position of the novels, notably the first and the third novels.…”

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Imagination and Thematic Reality in the African Novel: A New Vision for African Novelists

Hakibou¹

2018

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The present study on the topic "Imagination and thematic reality in the African novel: a new vision to African novelists" aims to show the limitation of the contribution of the African literary works to the good governance and development process of African countries through the thematic choices and to propose a new vision in relation to those thematic choices and to the structural organisation of those literary works. The study is carried out through the theory of narratology by Genette (1980) and the narrative study by Chatman (1978) as applied to the novels by Chinua Achebe, essentially on the notion of order by Genette and the elements of a narrative by Chatman. It is a thematic and structural analysis that helps the researcher to be aware of the limitation of the contribution of African fiction to the good governance of African States and their real development, for the reason that themes and the structural organisation of those works are past-oriented. In such a context, readers are supposed to decode the different messages so as to put forth the necessary behaviour from the depicted ones. But, when one compares the literary effort of the novelists with the actual positive change, one realises that the gap is still obvious. This brought the researcher to the proposal of a new thematic orientation that does not depict societal misbehaviour but rather builds an ideal society in which the character embodies what the African society should be, African society which is here our particular concern so as to be able to make up the challenge of globalisation. This is not to deny the "fictionality" of the novels, but to reinforce it with stories that are not only past-oriented. This change may constitute a new source of attraction for African future literary works.

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Imagination and Thematic Reality in the African Novel: A New Vision for African Novelists

Hakibou¹

2018

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“…Some scholars, including Carol Innes (1990: 19), have even described him as "the father of the African Novel in English", and his novel Arrow of God (Achebe, 1964) has been acclaimed as "the greatest African novel and one of the best novels in the world" (Enekwe, 1988: 33). But after the publication of A Man of the People (Achebe, 1966a), his fourth novel, a long narrative silence ensued as his fi fth novel, Anthills of the Savannah, was published more than twenty years later (Achebe, 1987a). The reason for that long silence can be found in the personal experience suffered by the writer during the Biafran War.…”

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“…Chinua Achebe's stories for children are composed of four titles, Chike and the River (Achebe: 1966b), How the Leopard got his Claws (Achebe and Iroaganachi: 1972), The Drum (Achebe: 1977a), and The Flute (Achebe: 1977b). The last three share common features allowing a unifi ed study of them.…”

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“…For example, Things Fall Apart, the fi rst novel written by Achebe (1958), shows us a curious coincidence in the plot, although its characteristics are very different from The Flute. The fi rst wife is also jealous of the second wife, who has an only daughter.…”

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“…In the fi rst novel by Achebe (1958), Things Fall Apart, the main character, Okonkwo, has a high social status as he is a hard working man. However, he is bad at shooting and he never goes hunting; both facts do not interfere in the general idea his neighbours have about his bravery.…”

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Arrow of God

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Imagination and Thematic Reality in the African Novel: A New Vision for African Novelists

Imagination and Thematic Reality in the African Novel: A New Vision for African Novelists

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