Essays about: "masculinity in things fall apart"

Found 2 essays containing the words masculinity in things fall apart.

1. 1. Why do Things Fall Apart? : A Psychological Analysis of Okonkwo's Personality and his Ultimate Demise in Chinua Achebe's Novel Things Fall Apart

   University essay from Akademin för utbildning och ekonomi

   Author : Justin Lee Cowlin; [2011]
   Keywords : Chinua Achebe; Things Fall Apart; Psychoanalytic Approach; Freud; Defense Mechanism;

   Abstract : There are very few works not associated with the Western canon to have received as much attention as Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart (Ogbaa 1). However, contrary to the many post-colonial interpretations of this novel, this essay employs a psychoanalytical literary approach to discuss the cause of the protagonist’s eventual demise, based on the premise that human behaviour is driven by an unconscious process. READ MORE

3. 2. "To Conquer and Subdue" - Okonkwo's Masculinity in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Tim Löfstedt; [2008]
   Keywords : Chinua Achebe; Things Fall Apart; Afica; Afrika i litteraturen; Nigeria; Igbo; gender; masculinity; maskulinitet i litteraturen; manliness; tradition; family; identity; identitet i litteraturen; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay examines the masculinity of Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and how it brings about his undoing, despite the fact that he lives in a conservative society where masculinity is revered.... READ MORE