Things Fall Apart
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Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s landmark 1958 novel that portrays pre-colonial Igbo society and the disruptive impact of British colonialism in Nigeria.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Things Fall Apart canonical | 15 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
1969 film adaptation
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radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Chinua Achebe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria ⓘ |
| depicts |
British colonialism in Nigeria
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Igbo society ⓘ pre-colonial African culture ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | No Longer at Ease ⓘ |
| genre |
African literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
surface form:
Swahili
multiple world languages ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonialism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | landmark of African literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ekwefi
ⓘ
Ezinma ⓘ Ikemefuna ⓘ Nwoye ⓘ Obierika ⓘ Okonkwo ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of colonial narratives about Africa
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portrayal of Igbo customs and traditions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
No Longer at Ease
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surface form:
The African Trilogy
|
| precededBy | none ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| series |
African Writers Series (as founding editor)
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surface form:
African Writers Series
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| setting |
Igboland
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late 19th century ⓘ pre-colonial Nigeria ⓘ |
| theme |
clash of cultures
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colonialism and its impact ⓘ fate and free will ⓘ masculinity ⓘ tradition versus change ⓘ |
| titleDerivedFrom | The Second Coming ⓘ |
| titleSourceAuthor |
W.B. Yeats
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surface form:
W. B. Yeats
|
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