Making Meaning of the Colonial Experience: Reading Tings Fall Apart through the Prism of Alfred Schutz’s Phenomenology
dc.contributor.author | Ofori, D.M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-02T11:27:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-02T11:27:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description | Research Article | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Tis essay ofers a Schutzian reading of Achebe’s Tings Fall Apart, arguing that the so-called critical ambivalence in Chinua Achebe’s hermeneutic of the colonial experience makes sense if situated within his lived experiences in colonial Nigeria. Grounding its interpretation of Achebe’s meaning-making of the colonial experience in Schutz’s phenomenology, the essay begins with a close reading of the novel itself, highlighting signifcant areas of ambivalence. Next, it explicates Schutz’s (1967) constructs of intersubjectivity and phenomenology of literature. In the next section in which Achebe’s biography is examined, an attempt is made to show how a Schutzian reading of Achebe’s social relationships can help us understand his account of the colonial experience as represented in his frst novel. Ultimately, the paper concludes by noting that the ambivalence that charactterizes Tings Fall Apart refects the author’s realism and investment in both the African and European cultures he sought to critique. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/40621 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Janus Head | en_US |
dc.subject | Colonial Experience | en_US |
dc.subject | Tings Fall Apart | en_US |
dc.subject | Phenomenology | en_US |
dc.title | Making Meaning of the Colonial Experience: Reading Tings Fall Apart through the Prism of Alfred Schutz’s Phenomenology | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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