Question Description
I’m working on a literature writing question and need an explanation to help me learn.
Please answer the following questions in as much detail as possible. Make sure to answer ALL PARTS of each question:
Each answer must be at least THREE double-spaced typed pages with Font 12, Times Roman.
Question 1: (100 Points)
What is your general understanding of postcolonialism? Please discuss the significance of native cultures using Chinweizu and Ngugi Thiog’O’s essays from the reader. Please also incorporate a discussion of P’Bitek’s two poems.
Resources:
Postcolonialism: https://youtu.be/6xW_iIopQ5o (Links to an external site.
Chinweizu: https://youtu.be/y-vQHbQ3xm4 (Links to an external site.
Ngugi: https://youtu.be/bJZCsGACirk (Links to an external site.)
P’Bitek: https://youtu.be/PTUyCkU9q40 (Links to an external site.)
Question 2: (200 Points)
In what sense, in terms of its novelistic form, is Things Fall Apart a quintessentially Western Novel? How Does Achebe teach us about the Igbo culture? Discuss the techniques he uses with examples from the novel.
Resources: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW4ijepGeAnaZeDpskc2U3S6ZRYW9IQxr (Links to an external site.)
Question 3: (100 Points)
How has this course enabled you to develop a more nuanced approach to questions of life within a diverse culture? Please use three examples from the course materials to elaborate your points.