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in Afro-American and African Studies  \nAfrican Settings in Contemporary American NovelsDave Kuhne  \nThe Harlem Renaissance:The One and the ManyMark Helbling  \nWillis Richardson,Forgotten Pioneer of African-American DramaChristine Rauchfuss Gray  \nCritical Essays on Alice WalkerIkenna Dieke,editor  \nEducation and Independence:Education in South Africa,1658-1988Simphiwe A.Hlatshwayo  \nAfrican American Autobiography and the Quest for FreedomRoland L.Williams,Jr.  \nThe White Image in the Black Mind:A Study of African American LiteratureJane Davis  \nBlack Leadership for Social ChangeJacob U.Gordon  \nMythatypes:Signatures and Signs of African/Diaspora and Black GoddessesAlexis Brooks De Vita  \nAfrican Visions:Literary Images,Political Change,and Social Struggle inContemporary AfricaCheryl B.Mwaria,Silvia Federici,and Joseph McLaren,editors  \nVoices of the Fugitives:Runaway Slave Stories and Their Fictions of Self-CreationSterling Lecater Bland,Jr.  \nMeditations on African LiteratureDubem Okafor  \nAchebe the Orator  \n# The Art of Persuasionin Chinua Achebe's Novels\n\nChinwe Christiana OkechukwuForeword by Chinyere Grace Okafor  \nContributions in Afro-American and African Studies,Number 202  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nOkechukwu,Chinwe.  \nAchebe the orator:the art of persuasion in ChinuaAchebe's novels /by Chinwe ChristianaOkechukwu.  \npcm.—(Contributions inAro-American andAfrican studies,ISSN0069-9624;no.  \n202)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.ISBN0-313-31703-8(alk.paper)  \n1.Achebe,Chinua—Technique.2.Politics and literature—Nigeria—History—20thcentury.3.Literature and society—Nigeria—History—20th century.4.Achebe,Chinua—Political and social views.5.English language—Nigeria—Rhetoric.6.Politicaloratory—Nigeria.7.Nigeria—In literature.8.Persuasion(Rhetoric)1.Title.II.Series.  \nPR9387.9.A3Z8492001823'.914-dc2100-064054  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.Copyright ◎2001 by Chinwe Okechuckwu  \nAll rights reserved.No portion of this book may bereproduced,by any process or technique,without theexpress written consent of the publisher  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number:00-064054  \nISBN:0-313-31703-8  \nISSN:0069-9624  \nFirst published in 2001  \nGreenwood Press,88 Post Road West,Westport,CT06881Animprint of Greenwood Publishing Group,Inc.www.greenwood.com  \nPrintedin the United States ofAmerica  \nThe paper used in this book complies with thePermanent Paper Standard issued by the NationalInformation Standards Organization(Z39.48-1984).  \nDedicatedto my Father,  \nthe late Patrick Obisie Okonkwoand my mother,Elizabeth Nonyelum Okonkwo  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nContents  \nForeword  \nAcknowledgmentsxiIntroduction1  \n1.Chinua Achebe and the African Novel  \n5  \n2.Audience and Oratory:Things Fall Apart  \n13  \n3.Oratory and Social Responsibility:Arrow of God  \n45  \n4.Locale and Argumentation:No Longer at Ease  \n77  \n5.The Rhetoric of Governance:A Man of the People  \n99  \n6.The Rhetoric of Military Intervention in Politics:Anthills of the Savannah119Conclusion141Appendix I:Historical Trajectory149Appendix II:Critical Appraisal of Chinua Achebe's Novels155Bibliography163Index171  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \n## Foreword\n\nIn an age when literary criticism is dominated by postmodernist and postcolonialtheorizing that often relegates social contextualization and in-depth analysis,oneis stimulated by Chinwe Christiana Okechukwu's contextual engagement ofAchebe's novels as well as her incisive scrutiny of aspects of Achebe's creativeimpulse and power of oration.She bends down to such basics as the dynamics ofimagery in Achebes's texts.The mechanics of metonomy in constructing the name“Umuofia”and the use of hyperbole in representing the collision of two arrogantpatriarchies in Things Fall Apart are explained 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