NEW
LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
ASSIGNMENT
FOR MEG –08
July
2016 & January 2017 Sessions
Programme:
MEG
Assignment
Code: MEG-08/TMA/2016-17
Max
Marks: 100
3. A Grain of Wheat is based on the Kenyan National Movement.
Analyse the novel as a complex portrayal of history.
‘A Grain
of Wheat’ written by Ngugi is a portrayal of traumatic phase in the history of
Kenya. The so-called-Mau Mau, a phase in which sections of a highly complex society
comprising of people belonging to various African tribes, white settlers and
Indians acted and reacted to events of violence in a highly emotionally
surcharged, and often contradictory manner.
As P.
Ochola- Ojero comments : “ In A grain of Wheat , the author probes into
the psychology of those characters who have undergone serious difficulties and
consequent disillusionment but who during the time of emergency have found some
meaning and purpose in life in the tough fight for their country’s independence”
However, the novel is
not about the theme of betrayal alone.............................
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