Western Imperialism always depicted a biased image of the colonized nations . Therefore , portraying th e reality of Africa to restore the lost dignity of the natives is one of the aims of postcolonial literature . Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is an attempt in this regard . Employing postcolonial narratology , the present study examines the relation of the novel ’ s point of view and the concept of decolonization . Dwelling on Gerard Genette ’ s narratology in which point of view is divided into two different concepts of focalization and narration , this study investigates how the potentialities of extradiegetic narrator such as high degree of reliability are at the service of decolonization in the novel . I n other words, the choice o f t his sort of narrator provides Achebe with options to fulfill his very aim which would not be accomplished with a different choice.
Mehrvand, A. & Zoleykani, F. (2012). The Study of Narrator’s Function in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the Light of Postcolonial Narratology. Research in Contemporary World Literature, 16(4), 69–89. https://doi.org/10.22059/jor.2012.29334
MLA
Mehrvand, A., & Zoleykani, F. "The Study of Narrator’s Function in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the Light of Postcolonial Narratology", Research in Contemporary World Literature, 16, 4, 2012, 69–89. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.29334
HARVARD
Mehrvand, A., & Zoleykani, F. (2012). 'The Study of Narrator’s Function in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the Light of Postcolonial Narratology', Research in Contemporary World Literature, 16(4), pp. 69–89. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.29334
CHICAGO
Mehrvand, A. & Zoleykani, F., "The Study of Narrator’s Function in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the Light of Postcolonial Narratology." Research in Contemporary World Literature, 16 4 (2012): 69–89, doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.29334
VANCOUVER
Mehrvand A., Zoleykani F. The Study of Narrator’s Function in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the Light of Postcolonial Narratology. Research in Contemporary World Literature. 2012;16(4):69–89 (In Persian). doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.29334
