CULTURE AS DEPICTED IN LAND OF THE YELLOW BULL AND THINGS FALL APART: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Abstract Culture is a very broad term that bothers many scholars and authors to arrive at a common specified definition. However, it is studied in collaboration with different definitions from different scholars. This study aims in studying the cultural aspects of two novels (“Land of the Yellow Bull” and “Things Fall Apart”) in a comparative way. The study examined the cultures depicted in the novels concerning their similarities and differences. In doing this, textual analysis is the core method. Through the textual analysis, classic type of comparative analysis is applied. Based on the analysis, in the fourth chapter, the researcher found that the two novels share a similar culture in depth while there is a slight difference between them. As scholars believed in the common thematic sensibilities of African novels, this research tried to examine this and other additional research problems. The same to this that people thought that Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is written supporting the traditional Igbos culture. But in contrary, it is that the author is criticizing it and showed the negative impact of the traditional bad culture of the society so this thesis aimed to show this premises in a scholarly way. In addition to this, this research tried to fulfill the research objectives which are aimed to make a comparison between the two novels “Land of the Yellow Bull” and “Things Fall Apart” based on their depicted cultural elements. Within this main objective, which elements of cultures portrayed, how are these cultures stated in the novels, and how are they expressed are given response and analysis. The extracts are discussed by using point by point mechanism of textual analysis. Finally, as the extracts and other selected texts and figures show depending on the motive of the authors intention they appreciate and criticized their works through the mind of the characters in the novels. In addition to this both novels show that they share a common cultural practices and performances.