so full of magic, so stark, so non judgemental07-22
豆腐圆子
把两种文化之间的碰撞描写得刚刚好,客观却富含感情,不过主人公真是不讨喜啊⋯⋯01-14
monomania
Achebe’s novel shatters the stereotypical European portraits of native Africans. He is careful to portray the complex, advanced social institutions and artistic traditions of Igbo culture prior to its contact with Europeans. Yet he is just as careful not to stereotype the Europeans.03-15
dreamweiwei
另一个旁听的seminar式课程(字译English literature outside Major English speaking countries06-18
海之子
This book has a crude originality. It brings out the very complexity of an African society at the onset of western colonization. 02-06
Very ambitious theme with weak and boring narration.09-15
CheshireCat
前两章类似人类学的叙述,展现了尼日利亚部落文化和信仰,之后missionary和district commission的进入,不能简单地解读为文化或者信仰的冲突,也不能仅仅说是tradition和西方文明或者现代的冲突。Okonkwo像极了Aristotle的tragic hero,他的死和结尾也是值得仔细再分析解读。集会时,Okonkwo选择刺杀messager是一时兴起,还是深思后的结果。他的自杀是处于对于未来的绝望还是出于保护部族。things fall apart,瓦解的是什么,这种瓦解本身是否有好坏,还是其本身就是一个不可避免地历史进程,即使说没有missionary和殖民势力的进入。如何坚持对于tradition的保持也是值得思考。08-21
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