A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACHEBE'S THINGS FALL APART AND NWANA'S OMENUKO

📄 Project Abstract

Comparative Analysis of Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Nwana's Omenuko is a critical study of the relationship between the two classical novels in the areas of setting, theme, character and characterization. Both Achebe and Nwana use the same pattern of settings. Two categories of setting are identifiable in both Things Fall Apart and Omenuko:- a pre-colonial society, free from any external influence and fully democratic: and, a society dominated by European values. The theme of Omenuko is offence and expiation while that of Things Fall Apart is the disintegration of the traditional society resulting from the influence of the colonial religion and government. The authors also use other powerful sub-themes to bring home their stories. Such sub-themes include love, manliness and survival, colonization, sojourn and return. The authors thus succeeded in showing us the social changes in the traditional Igbo society brought about by colonization. These authors present protagonists that rise ...