English Literature / Unit 18 ENL 1704 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Things Fall Apart
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The idea
Things Fall Apart, Achebe's first novel, published in London in nineteen fifty-eight, follows Okonkwo, an influential leader of the Igbo clan of Umuofia, who opposes colonialism and early Christianity. Its title comes from Yeats's "The Second Coming."
In practice
A leader, a clan, colonial arrival.
Where people slip
The title borrows Yeats's line.
Your place on the trail
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