Reflection of Past in "A Grain of Wheat"
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Reflection of Past in A Grain of Wheat Prepared by Khuman Bhagirath J. Paper The African Literature Roll No. 02 Class M.A. Sem-IV Year 2012/13
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Reflection of Past in A Grain of Wheat
Prepared by Khuman Bhagirath J.Paper The African LiteratureRoll No. 02Class M.A. Sem-IVYear 2012/13
The Title - A Biblical Reflection
The Story – A Collection of Past Experiences
The Presence of Late Kihika
Reflection of the Ancient Texts’ Themes and Their Heroes
• Heroism of Beowulf, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Songs of Roland
(1) The Normative or Culture Hero(2) The Deviant or Anti-hero (Ralph A. Austen)• Jomo Kenyatta – 20th Century Moses
Reflection of Ngugi’s Boyhood in the Novel
“A writer’s subject matter is history”: Ngugi wa Thiong’o