CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The global spread of the English language as one of the most far-reaching linguistic phenomena of our time is already an established fact. Evidence of this worldwide phenomenon of language contact‚ variation and change can be seen through such designations as world English‚ new English‚ Modern English‚ West African English‚ South African English‚ Australian English‚ Indian English‚ to mention just a few. The phrase “Nigerian English”
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Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe Study Questions 1)- Achebe would choose to take the title of “The Second Coming” probably because the Igbo tribe falls apart inside due to social issues & more as it was said in the poem‚ “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.”. This deepens/extends the meaning of Achebe’s title and novel because the main center of the Igbo tribe was losing its strength and conflicts were bound to happen because of this. 2)- Okonkwo was quite popular throughout the villages
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| |Plot and Setting |Themes |Writer’s Choices |Symbolism |Characters |Literary tradition/genre | |The Bluest Eye|African-American black girls from |Racism‚ perception‚ |Fragmented narrative‚ |Stove‚ sofa‚ black thread‚ |Pecola Claudia‚ |Published in the midst of the Civil Rights movement in 1970‚ The Bluest | |Toni Morrison |unloving
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Things Fall Apart is set in the 1890s and portrays the clash between Nigeria’s white colonial government and the traditional culture of the indigenous Igbo people. Achebe’s novel shatters the stereotypical European portraits of native Africans. He is careful to portray the complex‚ advanced social institutions and artistic traditions of Igbo culture prior to its contact with Europeans. Yet he is just as careful not to stereotype the Europeans; he offers varying depictions of the white man‚ such as
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