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To read the story ‘The Blue Bouquet’ by Octavio Paz, click the following button: To read the analysis and notes of ‘The Blue Bouquet’, click the following buttons: Questions Describe the way in which the surreal atmosphere is created in the beginning of the tale. Describe the encounter between the narrator and the man on […]
World Literatures ‘Joothan’ is an autobiographical account of Omprakash Valmiki’s journey from his birth and upbringing as an untouchable in the newly independent India of the 1950s and his pride in being a Dalit. Until the advent of Dalit literature, literary representations either ignored untouchables or portrayed them as victims in need of saviors, as […]
To read the introduction of this novel first, please click here. Okonkwo is one of the leaders of a clan that lives in an Igbo settlement named Umuofia. Umuofia is a very powerful clan as in this clan there are many leaders with titles. Surrounding the clan of Umuofia, there are many other clans but […]
Things Fall Apart is a novel written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It depicts pre-colonial life in the south-eastern part of Nigeria and the invasion by Europeans during the late 19th century. Chinua Achebe (16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), […]
