Lec. Manaar Kamil Saeed

University of Kufa /Faculty of Languages

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i03-84

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ABSTRACT

Renowned Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is a novelist, poet, critic, and educator. His first great novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), is widely recognized as the most widely-read work of modern African literature. His paper "The African Writer and the English Language" explores several topics, including the definition of African literature, the differences between nationalized and cultural literature, and the place of English in African literature. He focuses on the linguistic problem. Is it feasible to consider literature published in languages other than English to be African? the meaning of African literature, and lastly, is it possible for a writer to work effectively in two languages, English and Spanish? Each of these questions will be explained in this review.

KEYWORDS:

African literature, English language, Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer.

REFERENCES
1) Achebe, Chinua, The African writer and the English Language, Transition, 4, 18, 1965, 27-30.

2) Achebe, Chinua. Morning Yet on Creation Day: Essays. London: Heinemann, 1975.

3) Kat Camden, EDCI 510, Presentation on Chinua Achebe's article, "The African Writer and the English Language"

Volume 07 Issue 03 March 2024