The dilemma of belonging and the burden of Englishness in chinua achebe's no longer at ease
Other Title(s)
مأزق الانتماء و عب الإنجليزوية في رواية "لم يعد مطمئنا" (1960) "تشينوا ’تشيبي"
Joint Authors
Sahid, Bashir
Serir, Ilham Nee Murtad
Source
Al-Jamie Journal in Psychological Studies and Educational Sciences
Issue
Vol. 7, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2022), pp.1687-1705, 19 p.
Publisher
University Mohamed Boudiaf of M'sila Life Skills Laboratory
Publication Date
2022-06-30
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The present article examines the issue of cultural identity in Chinua Achebe's No Longer at Ease (1960).
The novel dramatizes Obi Okonkwo's cultural displacement and identity (de)formation on the eve of Nigerian independence.
Throughout the novel, Obi is described as being torn between the two worlds of African tradition and European modernity.
Hence, the paper aims at highlighting Obi's struggle to function properly within the emerging cultural forces of the 1950s in Nigeria.
It scrutinises the anxiety of belonging in postcolonial African literature stressing ideas of displacement, alienation, and identity (de)formation.
It endeavours to investigate Obi's alienation and quest for identity in the light of Frantz Fanon's ideas on identity and national culture as well as Homi Bhabha's theories of hybridity.
With a special focus on the work of Frantz Fanon, namely alienation and cultural stereotyping, as well as Homi Bhabha's notion of Third Space, the article analyses the impact of the colonial culture on the protagonist.
It maintains that Obi's traditional Umuofian beliefs and his English education, combined with the aspects of life in the modern city of Lagos, create his cultural and linguistic ambivalence.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sahid, Bashir& Serir, Ilham Nee Murtad. 2022. The dilemma of belonging and the burden of Englishness in chinua achebe's no longer at ease. Al-Jamie Journal in Psychological Studies and Educational Sciences،Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.1687-1705.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1339016
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sahid, Bashir& Serir, Ilham Nee Murtad. The dilemma of belonging and the burden of Englishness in chinua achebe's no longer at ease. Al-Jamie Journal in Psychological Studies and Educational Sciences Vol. 7, no. 1 (2022), pp.1687-1705.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1339016
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sahid, Bashir& Serir, Ilham Nee Murtad. The dilemma of belonging and the burden of Englishness in chinua achebe's no longer at ease. Al-Jamie Journal in Psychological Studies and Educational Sciences. 2022. Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.1687-1705.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1339016
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Text in English ; abstracts in English and Arabic.
Record ID
BIM-1339016