1 / 17

Do Now September 27 th , 2011

Do Now September 27 th , 2011. In your Writer’s Notebook, respond to the following: 1. List 5 ways that Africa is perceived in the media. 2. How or why do you believe these stereotypes develop?. Today’s Agenda. Notes: Intro. to Things Fall Apart Pass out copies of novel

keene
Télécharger la présentation

Do Now September 27 th , 2011

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Do NowSeptember 27th, 2011 In your Writer’s Notebook, respond to the following: 1. List 5 ways that Africa is perceived in the media. 2. How or why do you believe these stereotypes develop?

  2. Today’s Agenda • Notes: Intro. to Things Fall Apart • Pass out copies of novel • Read Chapters 1 & 2 of Things Fall Apart • TFA Reading Questions • Go over Vocab. Quiz and Personal Narrative

  3. Homework • Read Chapter 3 of Things Fall Apart *Quiz on Chapters 1-3 on Thursday!

  4. Myth/Folktale Script • How many of you were able to finish? • If you want to work on it and hand it in on Thursday, that’s fine.

  5. Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe

  6. Chinua Achebe (Born in 1930)

  7. Chinua Achebe • He is a poet and novelist; he’s one of the most important living African writers. He is often referred to as “The father of modern African literature.” • He was born in the Igbo (spelled Ibo) town of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria in 1930. • He is the son of a missionary teacher who raised him as a Christian (Protestant). • He received early education in English but grew up surrounded by the complex blend of Igbo traditions & the colonial legacy.

  8. Chinua Achebe • Achebe rejected his British name “Alfred” and took his indigenous name Chinua. • Achebe left his career in radio in 1966 to pursue a career in writing. • He became a paraplegic from the waist down due to a 1990 automobile accident. • Achebe has lived in the United States since (he teaches at Bard College). He is married with four children.

  9. Purpose and Style • Achebe sought to convey a fuller understanding of one African culture and give voice to an under-represented and exploited colonial subject. • He molded the English language to the rhythm and lyrical quality of the Nigerian language. This style, and the incorporation of the proverbs of African culture, combine to mark his stories as uniquely African. • Achebe sees his role as a writer as one of social responsibility since he believes that all good stories should have a purpose.

  10. Writing Focus • The traditions of Igbo society • The effect of Christian influence in Africa • The clash of values during and after the colonial era • Rejection of the way Africans are often depicted as primitive and mindless savages.

  11. Works by Chinua Achebe • Things Fall Apart (1958) • No Longer at Ease (1960) describes poignantly the effects of European colonialism on Igbo society, Nigeria, and newly independent African nations. • Arrow of God (1964) • A Man of the People (1966) • Beware, Soul Brother (1971) • Chick and River (1966) • Morning Yet on Creation Day: Essays(1975) • The Trouble with Nigeria (1984) • Hopes and Impediments (1988) • Home and Exile (2000)

  12. Things Fall Apart • Set in Nigeria towards the end of the nineteenth century in the period just before the arrival of the white man (1890s). • It centers on the tribe of people known as the Ibo (or Igbo) • Simple sentences– Achebe uses a simple style of writing in most of the novel because he wants to tell the story in the way that it might be told by a member of the Ibo tribe.

  13. Proverbs • These wise sayings are very important, they are used to comment on human behavior and show the importance of oral communication within the community. Achebe uses them throughout the book, and they are drawn from Ibo experience. • ‘The sun will shine on those who stand before it and shines on those who kneel under them.’ • ‘A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing.’

  14. Folktales • These are another important feature of Achebe’s novel. They relate to the events of the novel, and they show us the values of the Igbo society. • The Mosquito and the Ear (Ch. 9) • The Tortoise and the Birds (Ch. 11)

  15. Igbo Customs • Week of Peace: In Umuofia, a sacred week in which violence is prohibited. • Bride-price: money and property given to a prospective bride’s family by the prospective groom and his family. • Ikenga-- a carved wooden figure kept by every man in his shrine to symbolize the strength of a man’s right hand. • Polygamy: a man can marry more than one wife. Nigerian yam-cult dance mask

  16. The Igbo week has four days: Eke, Oye, Afo, and Nkwo. • Osu: a class of people in Igbo culture considered outcasts, not fit to associate with free-born members of the clan. • Dining Custom: The man of the house eats separately in his central hut; Yam is Igbo’s staple food. Bronze plaque of Nigerian military figures. Source

  17. A Nigerian farm, possibly similar Okonkwo’s. Source: http://www.stfrancis.edu/en/student/achebe/chinua/igbo.htm

More Related