An Explication of Lenrie Peters’ Poem “Homecoming”
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This is 4 page paper meant as an explication of Lenrie Peters’ poem “Homecoming”. Gambian poet and novelist Lenrie Peters was born in 1932 in Bathurst, the capital of Gambia during the time when Gambia was still a British colony. The background of Peters and that of his country is important when analyzing his poem “Homecoming” as readers can better understand the climate in which he left Gambia to become educated and that to which he returned many years later. The poem “Homecoming” is among his collection which shows the corruptive greed of the tribal leaders while at the same time is balanced by “nostalgia for a pastoral past with cautious assertion of hope for a future built on that past”. Peters’ “Homecoming” writes of the sadness and strange shadows and skeletons which awaited him when he returned to Gambia to which he had “longed for returning”. The poem can be analyzed through several meanings including literal, connoted, figurative, imagery, allusions and tone among others. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Analysis and Critique: “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
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This 9 page paper examines the seminal African novel “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe from a feminist perspective; it also argues which critics seem to have made cogent statements and which are less convincing. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
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A 7 page paper which examines the protagonist Okonkwo, the African customs as practiced by the Ibo tribe, and the conflict between the African and European cultures. No additional sources are used.
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Analysis of Ouologuem Yambo's Poem, "When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out"
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A 5 page paper which examines the poem's literary elements, including subject, image, form, rhythm, symbolism, and interpretation to determine how they were utilized to deliver the main point, along with an offered opinion of the work. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Anglo-Sikh Relations in Ondaatje’s “The English Patient”
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A seven page paper analyzing the degree to which Kip’s identity as a Sikh soldier fighting on the side of the British contributes to his sense of isolation in Michael Ondaatje’s novel. The paper argues that Kip’s role as a Sikh may have been a significant one in India, and one from which he derived a considerable amount of pride; and yet among Europeans, he is only an Indian, and thus someone fighting under a flag that is not really his own. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
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A 5 page review of Chinua Achebe’s work Arrow of God. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Athol Fugard’s “No-Good Friday”
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A 4 page analysis of the themes in Athol Fugard’s play “No-Good Friday.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Bessie Head’s “The Collector of Treasures”
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A 3 page paper which examines the role of violence, in relationship to culture, within Bessie Head’s short story “The Collector of Treasures.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Beti/Poor Christ of Bomba
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A 3 page book review that offers a summary and comments on this novel by Mongo Beti, which offers a highly critical view of European-led Christian evangelism in southern Cameroon in the 1930s. The main thrust of the novel serves to refute the relevancy of Christianity to traditional African life and, in so doing, indicates that rather than aiding Africans in any meaningful way spiritually, the main effect of evangelistic efforts is to facilitate colonialism by creating social chaos. No additional sources cited.
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