Human Attachment and Eco-critical Variability of Environment in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

Diala Edwin Lionel

doi:10.59890/2a06zg08

Authors

Diala Edwin Lionel Alvan Ikoku University of Education Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59890/2a06zg08

Keywords:

Colonization, Culture, Ecology, Eco-criticism, Environment, Igbo People, Post-colonialism

Abstract

The creative art of human endeavor is literature. It paints a picture of how people think. Through characters, it portrays human existence and activities. It conveys certain messages for informational, educational, and stimulating purposes. This essay combines post-colonialist and eco-critical concerns. The study of literature in relation to the environment and nature is the focus of eco-criticism theory. The current environmental issue, which has gained international attention, is the reason for the concept of approaching literature from an ecological point of view. By examining how nature and the environment are portrayed in literature, eco-criticism looks for potential solutions to improve the current ecological situation. The relationship between environment and culture, especially the cultural artifacts of language and literature, is how eco-criticism introduces its topicThe ecosystem of Umuofia—indeed, the whole setting of Achebe's Things Fall Apart—is examined in this study. An ecocritical theory is applied to the examination of Achebe's Things Fall Apart. The study looks at how the environment and nature are being preserved. This analysis will support the claim that, although African society existed in harmony with nature before to colonization, colonialism made it possible for nature to be exploited, undermining the true significance of how the environment and nature united Africans in the pre-colonial age. Things Fall Apart by Achebe depicts the African community, particularly the Igbo way of life. It depicts native life both prior to and following colonization. It describes the life of the main character, Okonkwo, as a highly esteemed Igbo society member during the colonial era. This essay aims to demonstrate how fascinating this society's life was before to colonization. Later, via colonization and the disillusionment of the Igbo people, Western civilization and Christianity had an impact on this fascinating life

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