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dc.contributor.author | DWIVEDI, Vachaspati | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-10-21T07:31:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2008-10-21T07:31:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008-03 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0285-1601 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2433/66226 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Chinua Achebe has proven his worth among English-speaking African novelists by representing the African social and political environment in a thoroughly realistic way. His novels depict life within a particular historical background, and convey a sense of growing disgust and unrest within Nigerian society, a society that has started to emerge from the ‘colonial complex' caused by years of denigration and self-abasement. A Man of the People (1967) is Achebe's fourth novel. It describes Nigeria in its post-independence phase, during which time the country became a ‘cesspool of corruption and misrule' in the context of colonial-style social and economic development, a situation that resulted in conflict between the emergent, elitist middle class and the general population. Achebe's reputation as a novelist rests on his impartial understanding of, and ability to represent, the Nigerian environment. His realistic characterization, and diagnosis, of his country's malaise has the power to inspire a revolution informed by African ideologies. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University | en |
dc.publisher.alternative | 京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター | ja |
dc.subject | Colonial consciousness | en |
dc.subject | Identity | en |
dc.subject | Realism | en |
dc.subject | Marginality | en |
dc.subject | Subservience | en |
dc.subject.ndc | 240 | - |
dc.title | Aspects of Realism in Chinua Achebe's A Man of the People | en |
dc.type | journal article | - |
dc.type.niitype | Journal Article | - |
dc.identifier.ncid | AA10626444 | - |
dc.identifier.jtitle | African Study Monographs | en |
dc.identifier.volume | 29 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 13 | - |
dc.textversion | publisher | - |
dc.sortkey | 01 | - |
dc.address | The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University | en |
dc.identifier.selfDOI | 10.14989/66226 | - |
dcterms.accessRights | open access | - |
dc.identifier.pissn | 0285-1601 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Vol.29 No.1 |

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