Monday, January 29, 2007

Paper Topics for Things Fall Apart

FromEDSITEMENT.neh.gov:
Choose one of the following to write your essay on:
1)The relationship between Achebe's title of Things Fall Apart and William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming"
2)What purposes are served by Achebe's weaving of oral art forms such as African proverbs and folktales into the narrative
3)Achebe's decision to use English as the language of the novel and to integrate Ibo words and concepts into the text without translation
4) How Achebe uses specific linguistic devices and literary strategies to complement the content and message of the novel

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