Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English

The Faculty of Languages and Translation is pleased to announce the re-release of a book entitled Chinua Achebe: Hero in Quest (ISBN.978-81-88730-57-5) by Dr. Haseeb Ahmed who teaches at the Faculty of Languages and Translation. He has attended and presented research papers in many national and international seminars/conferences. In addition to a few pieces of creative writing, he has 12 research papers to his credit. Under postdoctoral studies, he accomplished two research projects. The book deals with the literary endeavors of the most celebrated Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Achebe has won many prestigious awards including the Man Booker Prize in 2007. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize. Dr. Haseeb Ahmed explores the fictional world of Achebe with a particular focus on the cultural predicament of his heroes. He demonstrates how Achebe's heroes maintain a balance between the inner and outer, the social and psychological, the individual and communal, and the ideal and practical conditions of their existence. The author points out how these heroes, manifesting African ethos, confront the given adverse situations and present the psycho-dynamics of the self against the onslaught of the colonial authoritarianism, and how they resist and overcome the apparatus of appropriation inserted into the fabric of their consciousness. This book comprehensively deals with the issues of psychological bondage and liberation, cultural and psychic colonization and decolonization, slavery, and freedom in the backdrop of third world countries. Dr. Ahmed's publication is currently available at AbeBooks UK, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. Date: 10/2/2017 Source: FLT Media Center