Parallel Presentation of Positive and Negative Sides of Igbo Culture in Things Fall Apart

Parallel Presentation of Positive and Negative Sides of Igbo Culture in Things Fall Apart

Md. Mahbubul Alam

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Chinua Achebe’s magnum opus Things Fall Apart reflects authentic presentation of the Igbo society. Various social, political, economic, religious, psychological and personal issues of the Igbo people have been put forward by the author in this ethnographic novel. Achebe has depicted these issues from the perspective of both an observer and a critic. The ethnographic depiction of the Igbo life indicates that Chinua Achebe has tried to maintain his objective stance in the novel. He is not biased at all. It is evident in his contrastive presentation of the culture and beliefs of the Igbo; in one hand, he presents the constructive and rational side of the Igbo, on the other hand, he highlights their follies and irrational beliefs too. Achebe as an original Igbo expectedly presents the riches and potentialities of the Igbo society. But at the same time he is not uncritical of the limitations of his society where he belongs to. The present study has dealt with Achebe’s audacious attempt to present the limitations and follies of Igbo life in Things Fall Apart.

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Md. Mahbubul Alam. 2015. \u201cParallel Presentation of Positive and Negative Sides of Igbo Culture in Things Fall Apart\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - H: Interdisciplinary GJHSS-H Volume 14 (GJHSS Volume 14 Issue H6): .

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GJHSS Volume 14 Issue H6
Pg. 31- 34

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

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duality Igbo multiple voices etc objectivity parallel

Submission ReceivedDecember 13, 2013
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