This paper aims to study Chinua Achebe's short story"Civil Peace"from a mythological point of view. As a trickster,the protagonist confronts the violence and chaos in the society after the civil war and ...This paper aims to study Chinua Achebe's short story"Civil Peace"from a mythological point of view. As a trickster,the protagonist confronts the violence and chaos in the society after the civil war and manages to rebuild his life by playing tricks. Due to the absence of help from either the government or the community, Jonathan is forced to depend on himself to solve different problems and resolve the crisis that will probably lead to the loss of everything he owns. His success symbolizes a hope to the desperate society.展开更多
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart permanently transformed the landscape of African fiction, both in his own continent and in the Western imagination. It was written with an insider's understanding of the Afric...Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart permanently transformed the landscape of African fiction, both in his own continent and in the Western imagination. It was written with an insider's understanding of the African world and its history, depicts the destruction of an individual, a family and a culture at the moment of colonial incursion. As an important part of the special African culture, many proverbs are used in the fiction. One of these proverbs will be especially discussed— tortoise and the birds, especially its functions. The proverb shows us the unique African culture and the moral sense of native Africans. It's a story that is told by women, which has meaningful sense to some degree, so it helps us understand the women characters better. Besides, it arouses people's strong interest in African literature and African culture.展开更多
Religious conversion was an extremely important and effective strategy for the European colonizers to establish their colonial dominance in Africa.The diffusion of Christianity across Africa helped the colonizers gain...Religious conversion was an extremely important and effective strategy for the European colonizers to establish their colonial dominance in Africa.The diffusion of Christianity across Africa helped the colonizers gain acceptance and support among the natives,which in turn gave the colonizers more control over Africa.During the inception of European Christian missionary activities in Africa,those who accepted Christianity were favored by the colonial administration;but those who opposed,faced persecution.As more and more native Africans espoused Christianity and eschewed their native religions,Christianity emerged as a distinct threat to the native African cultures,religions,and associated rituals.But such mass proselytization hardly had any altruistic cause;rather,the conversion game helped the colonizers hide how they exploited Africa under the cloak of philanthropy.The newlyconverted Christians were indoctrinated by the missionaries to such an extent that they started to loathe indigenous culture.In some cases,they channeled their loathing for indigenous belief system into actively opposing and obstructing the practice of native African religions and rituals.This paper examines Achebe's Arrow of God and Thiong'o's The River Between to discover how Christianity helped the European colonizers expand colonial territory and tighten their stranglehold on native African cultures.展开更多
文摘This paper aims to study Chinua Achebe's short story"Civil Peace"from a mythological point of view. As a trickster,the protagonist confronts the violence and chaos in the society after the civil war and manages to rebuild his life by playing tricks. Due to the absence of help from either the government or the community, Jonathan is forced to depend on himself to solve different problems and resolve the crisis that will probably lead to the loss of everything he owns. His success symbolizes a hope to the desperate society.
文摘Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart permanently transformed the landscape of African fiction, both in his own continent and in the Western imagination. It was written with an insider's understanding of the African world and its history, depicts the destruction of an individual, a family and a culture at the moment of colonial incursion. As an important part of the special African culture, many proverbs are used in the fiction. One of these proverbs will be especially discussed— tortoise and the birds, especially its functions. The proverb shows us the unique African culture and the moral sense of native Africans. It's a story that is told by women, which has meaningful sense to some degree, so it helps us understand the women characters better. Besides, it arouses people's strong interest in African literature and African culture.
文摘Religious conversion was an extremely important and effective strategy for the European colonizers to establish their colonial dominance in Africa.The diffusion of Christianity across Africa helped the colonizers gain acceptance and support among the natives,which in turn gave the colonizers more control over Africa.During the inception of European Christian missionary activities in Africa,those who accepted Christianity were favored by the colonial administration;but those who opposed,faced persecution.As more and more native Africans espoused Christianity and eschewed their native religions,Christianity emerged as a distinct threat to the native African cultures,religions,and associated rituals.But such mass proselytization hardly had any altruistic cause;rather,the conversion game helped the colonizers hide how they exploited Africa under the cloak of philanthropy.The newlyconverted Christians were indoctrinated by the missionaries to such an extent that they started to loathe indigenous culture.In some cases,they channeled their loathing for indigenous belief system into actively opposing and obstructing the practice of native African religions and rituals.This paper examines Achebe's Arrow of God and Thiong'o's The River Between to discover how Christianity helped the European colonizers expand colonial territory and tighten their stranglehold on native African cultures.
