Narrative Techniques in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
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Date
2017
Authors
Wafula, R. M.
Wanjala, Chris L.
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Publisher
Kamla-Raj
Abstract
This paper begins from the standpoint that most critical works on Chinua Achebe, especially his first
novel Things Fall Apart, have concentrated on themes and characters. While this is important in the analysis of
the novel, narrative technique is equally important. Through using analytical perspectives proposed by Gary
Morson, alongside close reading and content analysis of the primary text, the researchers argue that Achebe used
techniques that predicted, juxtaposed comparatively and in contrastive positions as the narrative devices that
enabled him to communicate the controlling ideas of his novel effectively.
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Research Article
Keywords
Foreshadowing, Sideshadowing, Backshadowing, Frame, Intertextual