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Things Fall Apart (Nigeria)

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Friday, October 10

 

TEST REVIEW

 

 

1. Identify three possible themes. Theme is an insight about human nature that is revealed in a literary work. Theme is different from a subject like "growing up." A theme should be stated as a sentence. For example, "One of the painful aspects of growing up is that often dreams turn out to be illusions."

 

2. For each theme your group identifies, identify three specific examples from the novel that supports the theme. Write these in complete sentences on your own paper.

 

3. While each student should complete on their own paper, one group member should be prepared to report results to the whole class.

 

Other items to review:

 

historical context

culture and religion of Ibo society

gender roles

setting

tragedy

tragic flaw

point of view (omniscient)

fables and their meaning

proverbs and their meaning

characters (round, flat, static, dynamic): Okonkwo, Unoka, Nwoye, Enzinma, Ikemefuna, Ekwefi, Uchendu, Obierika, Chielo, Enoch, Mr. Brown, Rev. Smith

irony     

plot

flashback

foreshadowing

simile: a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

personification: giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects

African terms: osu, harmattan, agbala, obi, iba, ilo ogbani, chi, iyi-uwa, egwugwu, kola, cowries

vocabulary: improvident, prowess, ultimatum, oracle, capricious, malevolent, abomination, benevolent, atone, tentative, feign, esoteric, pandemonium, voluable, eloquent, sullen, discern, lamentation, inadvertent, ominous, callow, impudent, annihilation, impotent, zeal, ostracize, resilient, desecrated, sonorous, pacification


Tuesday, September 23

 

In your same groups, review chapter 10 and discuss any questions you may have. Then begin reading chapter 11 aloud. Continue to answer questions from handout. For homework, read chapter 12 and answer appropriate questions.

 


Monday, September 22

 

In groups of 3 or 4, share your summaries from chapter 8. Which is the most effective summary and why? Next, read chapter 9 aloud. Go around the circle so that each group member has a chance to read. Stop periodically to answer questions as a group. Begin to answer questions from handout and complete questions from chapters 9 and 10 for homework.


 

Friday, September 12

 

 

 

Major Characters

 

Okonkwo: protagonist

 

Ekwefi: Okonkwo's second and favorite wife

 

Ezinma: Okonkwo's favorite child; a female

 

Nwoye: Okonkwo's oldest son

 

Ikemefuna: hostage and "adopted son" of Okonkwo's from the neigboring village


Wednesday, September 10

 

 

 

Elements of the Novel

 

 

 

 

Setting: late 19th century Nigeria; early period of British colonization

 

 

The novel is a tragedy or a story of a protagonist of high status who, through his or her own faults, is brought to an unhappy end. The protagonist's downfall is caused by a tragic flaw (the character's weaknesses).

 

 

Point of View: omniscient narrator

 

 

Style: deceptively simple style of oral African storytelling tradition using repetition, fables, and proverbs. Fables and proverbs convey symbolic meaning.

 

 

Fable: story with a moral, with animals as characters

 

 

Proverb: short, well-known saying that expresses an obvious truth and often offers advice

 

 

Flashback: a scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order

 

 

Foreshadowing: a method used by a writer to indicate or suggest something that is going to happen later in the story

 

 

 


 

Tuesday, September 9

Review "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema"

Lecture, Listening, Notetaking

 

Africa to label

 

 

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