Then we will canvass the narrative techniques he employed in his writing to appropriate the English language for the purpose of subverting the dominant image of Africa, which was represented in colonial discourse as the continent of savages. We will first endeavour to examine the author’s motivation for crafting stories which explain the changes in African societies induced by colonization. This paper is a comparative analysis of the first and the last of Achebe’s novels, namely Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah. KEYWORDS: Criteria For Selecting Textbooks, Students’ Needs, Using Literature In EFLĬhinua Achebe is considered one of the most influential African authors due to his pioneering work in post-colonial literature and his politically-conscious writing that presented the world with the view of colonial experience from the perspective of the colonized. Thus, it is recommended that all these factors, students’ needs and requirements must be considered when selecting reading texts to be taught to secondary school students in Sudan. This means that these literature books have been haphazardly selected, without consideration to the students’ actual needs. The findings show that the selection of the textbooks do not meet the students' needs, L2 language competence, age, culture, and literary background. The linguistic input and the cultural aspects of these literary texts are compared with the students’ linguistic level and their cultural background. The researcher has adopted the descriptive, analytical research method adopting mainly the content analysis technique in analyzing the six literary textbooks. The data were collected through content analysis of the literature books: Things Fall A Part, Treasure Island, Jane Eyre, The Prisoner of Zenda, Oliver Twist, Anna and the Fighter. The aim of this study is to assess the suitability of the literature textbooks assigned to the Sudanese secondary school students. When Things Fall Apart is analyzed for the patterns that give it a structural meaning, it can be seen that Achebe built his novel as pieces of small stories that both follow the traditional plot structure and incorporate similar literary devices. In basic terms, in structuralism meaning can only be created by the smaller structures, and the fact that the big structure can be interpreted differently should not obscure the meaning the smaller pieces give to a literary work. This argument stems from the fact that all creation-including the written arts-is based on structures built upon myriads of other small structures that create meaning. However, from a structuralist viewpoint, none of the cultural impacts it has affects its literary value, because structuralism argues that no quality of any novel is more important than the patterns in it that make it part of the literary world. James Smith: missionary who contrasts with Mr.Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart has been revered ever since it was written for its familiar way of explaining an unknown culture. Brown: missionary to Umuofia and Mbanta patient, kind, respectful, open-minded person who builds a school and hospital in Umofia and encourages literacy so the people keep up with the rest of the world represents colonization Unoka: Okonkwo's father, whom Okonkwo strives to be the opposite of lazy and enjoys music and conversation gentle, cowardly, and unambitious does not have the respect of the townsfolk.Ezinma: daughter of Okonkwo bold her father's favorite the only surviving child of Ekwefi. Nwoye: son of Okonkwo who becomes a Christian a sensitive boy.Ikemefuna: clever, resourceful boy ward of Okonkwo given to avoid war killed by him so Okonkwo does not appear weak.Okonkwo: protagonist whose fatal flaw is his inability to adapt to change and his reverence for needing to appear tough and "manly".
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