The Rhetorical Implications of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" [Hardcover]

Emmanuel Edame Egar (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761817212 | ISBN-13: 978-0761817215 | Publication Date: July 19, 2000

In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe articulates and dramatizes a unique and peculiar kind of rhetoric- a rhetoric that emphasizes that man, and not language, is the site for social interaction. The oracle and the bull are synthesized, metamorphosed, laced, and condensed to form an alchemy which produces a cohesive communal community as the end result. This African rhetoric displays a language that is innocent, unlike the Western European rhetoric where language dramatizes multiple voices. This critical text focuses on Achebe's rhetoric from the Aristotelian style.

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Emmanuel Edame Egar is Assistant Professor of English at Paul Quinn College, Texas.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (July 19, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761817212
• ISBN-13: 978-0761817215
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,870,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Africanness of the text., December 29, 2000

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This review is from: The Rhetorical Implications of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" (Hardcover)

The book captures the African rhetorical stance, and compares that with the Western European. Dr. Egar is so delicious to read, because he feels that language should be a site for social interaction. He also shows you how the African world view and the Western European seem to complement and yet explode each others ambiguities. I think because of the texture of his language, the book is most suited for graduate studies.