How the Centre Is Made to Hold in Things Fall Apart

Kortenaar, Neil ten

doi:10.1353/esc.1991.0014

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1991

DOI: 10.1353/esc.1991.0014

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How the Centre Is Made to Hold in Things Fall Apart

Neil ten Kortenaar¹

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“…This stratagem was widely used during the European conquests of the 2. Excellent examples of research on such cultural aspects are the already classic studies of primitivism and syncretism by JanMohamed (1984) and Kortenaar (1995). Both are very good illustrations of the confrontation between Igbo and Western values and the techniques used by Achebe to communicate this to audiences alien to Igbo culture.…”

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God(s) Fall(s) Apart : Christianity in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"

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Álvarez²

2008

J. engl. stud. (Logroño, internet)

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This paper studies the confrontation between Christianity and the Igbo religion in Chinua Achebe’s first novel in the context of colonialist appropriation. An analysis of the techniques used by the Christian missionaries to infiltrate the fictional world of Umuofia is complemented with a discussion of the main characters of the novel in their relation to religion and their roles as facilitators or opponents of the colonization process. Gender issues are also briefly dealt with as Christianity is seen as “effeminate” by the natives and some female Igbo characters.

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God(s) Fall(s) Apart : Christianity in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"

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2008

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Igbo Metaphysics in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

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Creating an Alternate Canon: Achebe to Obioma

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Chigozie Obioma is a novelist of Nigerian origin who has published two novels so far. He has been hailed as an ‘heir to Chinua Achebe’ the master African novelist. The comparison of Obioma with Achebe is obvious because both of them belong to the same tribe, but what is more important is that Obioma seems to carry from the point where Achebe left. In his debut novel The Fishermen, Obioma foregrounds the problems that plague postcolonial Nigeria. In the novel, he confirms that whatever Achebe prophesied about the future of Nigeria has come true. Like his illustrious predecessor, he is critical of colonial institutions that have decimated the national culture of Nigeria. The paper is a study of Obioma’s novel The Fishermen.

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How the Centre Is Made to Hold in Things Fall Apart

Cited by 3 publications

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God(s) Fall(s) Apart : Christianity in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"

God(s) Fall(s) Apart : Christianity in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"

Igbo Metaphysics in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Creating an Alternate Canon: Achebe to Obioma

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