Tag Archives: African novel

Final Paper Preliminary Notes

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Jonathan Dunn

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m interested in looking more closely at the relationship between religion (specifically, I think, Christianity) and the African novel, though I haven’t yet decided which text(s) I’d like to bring into conversation with … Continue reading →

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Final Paper Ideas: Metaphor/Allegory in the African Novel

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Lily Howard-Hill

I’m currently torn between two potential areas of focus for my final conference paper, although there is the potential to combine them in some way. The first would look at the use of metaphor and allegory in both the African … Continue reading →

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Temporality in Achebe

Posted on January 18, 2016 by mmagnero

At the end of Things Fall Apart, Achebe brings the Commissioner’s perspective into focus, leaving the reader with the Commissioner’s thoughts about the book he will write on the colonial project in Africa: “He had already chosen the title of … Continue reading →

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