When things fall apart: On the dialectics of hope and anger
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DOI: 10.1017/s0047404524000721
Abstract: Abstract This article explores the dialectics of hope and anger as responses to what Lear (2006) called ‘devastation’, the colonial-capitalist destruction of the ontological groundings of life. Lear argues that ‘radical hope’ allows for ‘survival’… read more here.
Keywords: fall apart; dialectics hope; apart dialectics; hope anger ... See more keywords
Spectres of the district commissioner: the negotiation of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in contemporary African historical fiction
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DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2025.2547546
Abstract: ABSTRACT My article aims to interrogate the continued dominant influence of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart on Anglophone African writing. I will attempt to track the journey of critical reception that has led to the… read more here.
Keywords: fall apart; historical fiction; achebe things; contemporary african ... See more keywords
‘Things Fall Apart?’: Prospects of solidarity in a precarious world
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DOI: 10.17645/si.9101
Abstract: This article explores the challenges and opportunities associated with engaging in solidarity for causes that individuals believe in, as well as strategies for effectively navigating them. Solidarity encompasses individuals who actively support various causes, including… read more here.
Keywords: fall apart; solidarity; prospects solidarity; world ... See more keywords
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Literary Humanism and the Question of Human Dignity
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DOI: 10.2979/reseafrilite.52.2.02
Abstract: ABSTRACT:This essay celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart by returning to a cliché that the novel remakes African humanity. While the presumption of Achebe’s humanism has congealed into academic common sense,… read more here.
Keywords: fall apart; literary humanism; humanism; chinua achebe ... See more keywords