"Real tragedy is never resolved. It goes on hopelessly
for ever."
Chinua Achebe (1930 - )
While making general estimates of Achebe’s women as seen in
his novels in the historical perspectives, it is better to cover the journey
of Nigerian literature particularly novel up to Achebe. In Achebe here is a
glimpse of present Nigeria which was
once a home to ethnically based kingdoms and tribal communities before it
became a European colony. It can also be traced the facts in Achebe’s novels how in
spite of European contact these kingdoms and communities maintained their
autonomy and how the colonial era began, and how Nigeria became independent of
British rule in 1960 and how After independence Nigeria experienced frequent
coups and long periods of autocratic military and how finally a democratic
civilian government was established. It will also examine how in this long run
of Nigerian history, Achebe as a Nigerian writer flourished and how Achebe has
drawn women as a cultural agent in these social evolution.
A literature review of
Achebe’s text, Things Fall Apart aims
to explain the benefits of defining women’s roles in traditional Igbo society
in pre-colonial era of Nigeria. It presents the conflicts inherent in
masculine and feminine aspects of the novel. Things Fall Apart teaches tribal women’s
role in social changes from my proposed experiments. In exploring the
development of Okonkwo’s relationship with his sons and daughters and wives, Things Fall Apart is an interesting study if the novel develops themes of the awakening of self-awareness, and
of the need to accept persons with very different perceptions and opinions
about life. Again, it can be studied if the events in the book are realistic and
believable, and the characters' actions and thoughts draw the reader directly
into the plot, making the conflict come alive as a universal issue facing all
tribal women.
The literary techniques and characterizations used in Achebe’s No Longer at Ease is aimed in explaining
the results of independence of a new nation, Nigeria. The character of
Clara will allow each critical
argument’s unique response to determine, to assess the value of womanhood and how
social taboo is still bifurcating relations. To my research the character of
Clara is invaluable for evaluating the model structure of Achebe’s foster new
woman. It is also to
be measured if Clara represents the common women;
the immediate society she lives in is Nigeria in general, every day how she
struggles with her taboo of osu to
survive physically and psychologically. The society supplies her with the key
necessities: an identity and a job. Her choices are few, but the one great
choice is her: to live as a taboo or to revolt. Her choice to survive within
the social parameter impacts the greater society: woman can go on despite
whatever cruelties society imposes.
Arrow
of God can be studied as an adventure tale that indirectly
leads us to confront the destruction of a heritage, the sources of human
suffering, and the dangers of colonialism. These issues surface naturally
through the interaction of the characters. Although the story is simply
written, the vocabulary is challenging, and Achebe presents his book from
varying perspectives. We have very little scope of studying women aspects here.
However, the nature myth, fertility rites and spiritual ethos are built in matriarchal
ideology. From eco-critical perspective we can define this Igbo world.
A Man
of the People abounds with drama, conflict,
and charismatic characters and topics, many and varied. These include such
enduring human concerns as the fear of death, the need for true friendship, the
importance of achieving great deeds and displaying virtuous traits (such as
courage, loyalty, and leadership) and—perhaps most vital of all—the glory and
wisdom to be found in the birth of a nation. On a basic narrative level, the
novel reveals many ways in which we determine the fate of a newly built nation.
Even though corruptions and voluptuousness are rampant in such a society where women are mere puppet
in the hands of power politics, in few occasion women are found colossal
structure of the society. It will study that mere ignorance of this fact will
bring a collapse of a nation.
Anthills of the Savannah is rich in significant human themes, including power, the problems of
nation with divorced vision, culture and conflict, conformity and rebellion,
loyalty and betrayal. It can be studied how these ideas are developed in a tense,
suspenseful narrative, focused on the heroine, Beatrice, who finds herself a
sophisticated mother figure in the alien world of a community of crooked power
politicians. Here we will locate Beatrice, a new woman of Achebe, who is placed
amongst a set of mysterious world of political charlatans, people who prey on
the credulity of others and who make their careers out of deliberate but
ingenious fraud.
Ardhendu De
Primary Sources:
Primary Sources:
Achebe,
Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin
Modern Classics. London, 2010. Print.
Achebe,
Chinua. No Longer at Ease. Penguin
Classics. London, 2010. Print.
Achebe,
Chinua. Arrow of God. Penguin
Modern Classics. London, 2010. Print.
Achebe,
Chinua. A Man of the People. Anchor Books House, New York, 1967, 1989. Print.
Achebe,
Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah. Penguin
Modern Classics. London, 2001. Print.
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