Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, ChinuaFormat: Library Binding
Pub. Date: 1994-09-01
Publisher(s): Turtleback Books
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Summary
The contemporary African writer's classic novel depicting the destruction of traditional tribal life by the white man
Author Biography
Nigerian Chinua Achebe is often called the father of modern African literature. His classic novel Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, was one of the first books to portray Africa from an African point of view, contradicting European stereotypes about the so-called "dark continent." Achebe has written more than sixteen books, including novels, short stories, poems, and essays. His works tell in unsentimental, moving detail how Western influences have affected traditional Nigerian ways of life
Table of Contents
| The Life and Works of Chinua Achebe | p. v |
| Time Line of Chinua Achebe's Life | p. viii |
| The Historical and Cultural Context of Things Fall Apart | p. xi |
| Technique and Theme in Things Fall Apart | p. xvi |
| Characters in Things Fall Apart | p. xviii |
| Places in Things Fall Apart | p. xxi |
| Echoes | p. xxii |
| Map of Africa | p. xxiv |
| Map of Nigeria | p. xxv |
| Images of Igbo Life | p. xxvi |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 1-5 | p. 33 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 6-8 | p. 56 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 9-13 | p. 97 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 14-19 | p. 127 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 20-25 | p. 159 |
| Glossary of Igbo Words and Phrases | p. 162 |
| Plot Analysis of Things Fall Apart | p. 166 |
| Related Readings | |
| "Going Home Was a Sad Awakening," Marjorie Coeyman, The Christian Science Monitor (news article) | p. 170 |
| "An African Voice," interview with Chinua Achebe by Katie Bacon, Atlantic Unbound (interview) | p. 174 |
| "The Second Coming," William Butler Yeats (poem) | p. 182 |
| "Lament of the Sacred Python," Chinua Achebe (poem) | p. 184 |
| from Kehinde, Buchi Emecheta (novel excerpt) | p. 187 |
| "Heaven Is Not Closed," Bessie Head (short story) | p. 200 |
| "Should My Tribal Past Shape Delia's Future?," Dympna Ugwu-Oju, Newsweek (personal essay) | p. 209 |
| Creative Writing Activities | p. 213 |
| Critical Writing Activities | p. 214 |
| Projects | p. 216 |
| Glossary of Words for Everyday Use | p. 218 |
| Handbook of Literary Terms | p. 229 |
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