Postcolonial Theory In Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Thesis statement: Postcolonial theories succeeded to have a close reading of the texts and studied the implications and the effects of the colonizer upon the colonized people. To prove this in my research, Edward Said’s views should be analyzed and Chinwa Achebe’s aims in the novel Things Fall Apart (1958) should be fully highlighted to the readers through answering the following questions:
1. What are the contemporary literary theories?
2. What is the importance of post-colonial theory?
3. How can Chinua Achebe, in Things Fall Apart succeeded to draw the image of a well organized systematic society?
4. How Achebe’s work lacks a prominent authoritative female figure?
5. How is Edward Said’s worldliness related to Things Fall Apart?
Literary theories are different and have many approaches. This essay addresses specifically contemporary theories in general and then defines in details postcolonial theory. Literary theories focus on studying the nature of literature and the methodology used for analyzing

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Viola is a woman, but she lost her identity willingly when she disguised as Cesario. Therefore, gender can be performed. Even Shakespeare used performance in his plays to show the audience that social ranks still exist in society. He emphasizes on disguise to tell them that one’s identity isn’t defined biologically but it is socially constructed. The playwright uses performance and a play within a play to encourage women to stand by themselves rejecting to be a toy played by a man whom he considered himself superior to woman. In this example, we can strongly emphasize that there is no ultimate truth. The reader also can interpret the text and learn lessons according to his