20TH and 21ST Century Literary Voices on Colonialism and Beyond: The Case of Adichie and Achebe

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dc.contributor.authorOpare, P.D.
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-13T08:21:38Z
dc.date.available2021-04-13T08:21:38Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.descriptionMPhil. African Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractColonialism and its aftermath remain a perennial theme of modern African literature. This theme has attracted a lot of comments from literary critics: there have been concerns that African literature has sacrificed art for politics, that it has remained imaginatively timid and dull. African literature of the 21st century is expected to have a new face, a new face it will have, perhaps, by putting behind her the dark past of colonialism, racism and marginalization so that she can be more imaginatively aggressive and expansive. Yet the theme of colonialism remains, sitting side by side with the new concerns that 21st century African writers address in their works. This thesis seeks to examine the perennial theme of colonialism in 20th and 21st century African literature. I examine the peculiar approaches that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie adopts in writing stories about colonialism and beyond, comparing her works to Chinua Achebe in a bid to identify where they converge and diverge in telling the African story. I also examine how the concepts of transnationalism, cosmopolitanism and interstitial postcoloniality impact the commitment a writer takes in telling stories of colonialism and beyond. The study argues finally that the bold new approaches that Adichie has adopted in telling postcolonial stories are as a result of the heritage of Achebe as a forerunner in African literature, and more importantly because of her expansion of her work through extra-territorialism and cross-cultural initiations (Bhabha, 1994.)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/36165
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity Of Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectColonialismen_US
dc.subjectAchebeen_US
dc.subjectAdichieen_US
dc.subjectModern African Literatureen_US
dc.title20TH and 21ST Century Literary Voices on Colonialism and Beyond: The Case of Adichie and Achebeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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