Paper no 14 The African Literature Topic : Comparative analysis between "things fall apart" and " heart of darkness"

Paper no 14 The African Literature Topic : Comparative analysis between "things fall apart" and " heart of darkness"

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   Name :Amit s. Makvana  Roll no : 01  Enrollment No : 2069108420200022  Paper no : 14 The African literature  Topic : Comparative analysis between “Things fall apart” and “Heart of darkness”  M.A. Sem -4  Batch : 2019 – 21  Email ID : [email protected]  Submitted To : S.B. Gardi Department of English MKBU
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   Chinua Achebewas born in 1930 and was brought up in a pioneer Christian family in the large village of Ogidi, an early centre of Anglican missionary work in Eastern Nigeria.  He had begun writing and publishing short stories during his university years and followed those with the draft of a novel about the Nigerian encounter with colonialism seen through the lives of three generations within the same family.  That long draft was ultimately divided into two parts, and published as Things Fall Apart in 1958 and No Longer at Ease
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   born inPoland occupied by Russia, Prussia and Austria  Forced exile to Russia  Parents died early and he was brought up by an uncle  In 1874 he went to sea on French merchant ships  In 1878 he joined an English ship to the Far East and Australia  In 1890 he was sent to Africa (Congo Diary)  mental breakdown  he devoted himself to writing
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  Things fall apart 1958  Chinua Achebe  Black man journey in africa  modern african novel in english  okonkwo is narrator  story takes place in africa during the time of colonialism  story focused on the character okonkwo  His experience in colonization africa  image of mid 20th century africa  Igbo culture  Presented real picture of africa  1899  joseph conrad  white man journey in africa Story follows white man  Marlow is narrator of the story  Imperialism is at the center of the novel  Story focused on the Marlow &  Kurtz characters  Image of mid 19th century Africa  Africans as “Savages”  Presented as Dark image of Africa . Heart of Darkness
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  Things Fall apart okonkwo  unoka  nwoye  Ezinma  Ekwefi  Ikemefuna  Mr. Brown  Reverend James smi  Marlow  Kurtz  The manager  The Brick maker  Aunt  The Harlequin  The Intended Heart of Darkness
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  Things fall apart Balance of traditional masculine and feminine values  Continual and inevitable change  The dynamic between the individual and society  Irony (situational)  Conformity vs. individuality  Tradition vs. Modernity  Action vs. Inaction  Power, Knowledge, Education and Religion  The Hypocrisy of Imperialism  Madness as a Result of imperialism  The Absurdity of Evil  Power, Exploration & identity  Fate and fear will  Women & Femininity  Dehumanization & Racism  Good vs. Evil Heart to darkness
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  Things fall apart Art of conversation, structured and civilized society. (Social norms, Social structures).  Title of the novel comes from a line in W. B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming"  First person narration (Okonkwo). Good, lightness in the village.  Blackman point of view and Igbo culture as important  Achebe claims that the image of Africa which is portrayed in Heart of Darkness is not because of African people’s lack of awareness and knowledge but it’s a result of colonialism.  First person narration (Marlow).  White man Point of view and  effect of imperialism.  Darkness & Cruelty Heart to darkness
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  culture Real africa individuality Things fallapart
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  Heart of darkness primitive mysterious cruelty Darkness
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   Heart ofDarkness : Achebe claims that the image of africa which is portrayed in heart of darkness is not because of african people’s lack of awareness and knowedge but it’s result of colonialism. Things fall Apart : in the things fall apart art of conversation structured and civilized society.
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   in thethings fall apart show the true imperialist face behind it. It shows the disintegration suffered by the poor and varied culture of the igbo land with the instruction of the colonisers.  Thus we can say that Achebe’s Africa is more real and cultured than Conrad’s darker one.
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   Achebe, Chinua.Things Fall Apart. Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1958.  Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall apart. Nigerian,1985.  Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Things Fall Apart". Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Jul. 2017, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Things-Fall-Apart. Accessed 27 April 2021.  Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Chinua Achebe". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chinua-Achebe. Accessed 27 April 2021.  Conrad, joseph. Heart of Darkness. 1899.  Raskin, Jonah. “Imperialism: Conrad's Heart of Darkness.” Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 2, no. 2, 1967, pp. 113–131. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/259954. Accessed 27 Apr. 2021.  Rhoads, Diana Akers. “Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.” African Studies Review, vol. 36, no. 2, 1993, pp. 61–72. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/524733. Accessed 27 Apr. 2021.