in this presentation i try to write about the comparative analysis between two books one is chinua achebe and joseph conrad

1.  Name : Amit s. Makvana
 Roll no : 01
 Enrollment No : 2069108420200022
 Paper no : 14 The African literature
 Topic : Comparative analysis between “Things
fall apart” and “Heart of darkness”
 M.A. Sem -4
 Batch : 2019 – 21
 Email ID : a.makwana10998@gmail.com
 Submitted To : S.B. Gardi Department of
English MKBU

3.  Chinua Achebe was born in 1930 and
was brought up in a pioneer Christian
family in the large village of Ogidi, an
early centre of Anglican missionary
work in Eastern Nigeria.
 He had begun writing and publishing
short stories during his university years
and followed those with the draft of a
novel about the Nigerian encounter
with colonialism seen through the lives
of three generations within the same
family.
 That long draft was ultimately divided
into two parts, and published as Things
Fall Apart in 1958 and No Longer at Ease

4.  born in Poland occupied by Russia,
Prussia and Austria
 Forced exile to Russia
 Parents died early and he was
brought up by an uncle
 In 1874 he went to sea on French
merchant ships
 In 1878 he joined an English ship to
the Far East and Australia
 In 1890 he was sent to Africa (Congo
Diary)
 mental breakdown
 he devoted himself to writing

5. Things fall apart
 1958
 Chinua Achebe
 Black man journey in africa
 modern african novel in
english
 okonkwo is narrator
 story takes place in africa
during the time of colonialism
 story focused on the character
okonkwo
 His experience in colonization
africa
 image of mid 20th century
africa
 Igbo culture
 Presented real picture of africa
 1899
 joseph conrad
 white man journey in africa
Story follows white man
 Marlow is narrator of the story
 Imperialism is at the center of
the novel
 Story focused on the Marlow &
 Kurtz characters
 Image of mid 19th century
Africa
 Africans as “Savages”
 Presented as Dark image of
Africa .
Heart of Darkness

6. Things Fall apart
 okonkwo
 unoka
 nwoye
 Ezinma
 Ekwefi
 Ikemefuna
 Mr. Brown
 Reverend James smi
 Marlow
 Kurtz
 The manager
 The Brick maker
 Aunt
 The Harlequin
 The Intended
Heart of Darkness

7. Things fall apart
 Balance of traditional
masculine and feminine
values
 Continual and inevitable
change
 The dynamic between the
individual and society
 Irony (situational)
 Conformity vs.
individuality
 Tradition vs. Modernity
 Action vs. Inaction
 Power, Knowledge,
Education and Religion
 The Hypocrisy of
Imperialism
 Madness as a Result of
imperialism
 The Absurdity of Evil
 Power, Exploration &
identity
 Fate and fear will
 Women & Femininity
 Dehumanization &
Racism
 Good vs. Evil
Heart to darkness

8. Things fall apart
 Art of conversation,
structured
and civilized society. (Social
norms, Social structures).
 Title of the novel comes
from a
line in W. B. Yeats' poem
"The Second Coming"
 First person narration
(Okonkwo). Good, lightness
in
the village.
 Blackman point of view and
Igbo culture as important
 Achebe claims that the
image of Africa which is
portrayed in Heart of
Darkness is not because
of African people’s lack
of awareness and
knowledge but it’s a
result of colonialism.
 First person narration
(Marlow).
 White man Point of view
and
 effect of imperialism.
 Darkness & Cruelty
Heart to darkness

9. culture
Real africa
individuality
Things fall apart

10. Heart of
darkness
primitive
mysterious
cruelty
Darkness

11.  Heart of Darkness :
Achebe claims that the image of africa which is
portrayed in heart of darkness is not because of
african people’s lack of awareness and knowedge but
it’s result of colonialism.
Things fall Apart :
in the things fall apart art of conversation
structured and civilized society.

12.  in the things fall apart show the true imperialist
face behind it. It shows the disintegration
suffered by the poor and varied culture of the igbo
land with the instruction of the colonisers.
 Thus we can say that Achebe’s Africa is more real
and cultured than Conrad’s darker one.

13.  Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Heinemann Educational
Publishers, 1958.
 Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall apart. Nigerian,1985.
 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Things Fall Apart".
Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Jul. 2017,
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Things-Fall-Apart. Accessed 27
April 2021.
 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Chinua Achebe".
Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2021,
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chinua-Achebe. Accessed 27
April 2021.
 Conrad, joseph. Heart of Darkness. 1899.
 Raskin, Jonah. “Imperialism: Conrad's Heart of Darkness.” Journal
of Contemporary History, vol. 2, no. 2, 1967, pp. 113–131. JSTOR,
www.jstor.org/stable/259954. Accessed 27 Apr. 2021.
 Rhoads, Diana Akers. “Culture in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall
Apart.” African Studies Review, vol. 36, no. 2, 1993, pp. 61–72. JSTOR,
www.jstor.org/stable/524733. Accessed 27 Apr. 2021.