FW: Reminder: Neil ten Kortenaar on Chinua Achebe, today at 12:30pm

[Margaret Ulbrick]

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Hi all,

This is just a quick reminder that Neil ten Kortenaar will speak tomorrow (Friday, January 16) at 12:30pm in Hagey 1104. His talk, ?The Social Contract, Violence, and Succession in Achebe?s Novels of Colonization,? argues that while Achebe's novels of colonization are usually read as versions of what happened in the past, at the moment of colonization in Africa, the novels were written just before and just after Nigerian independence in 1960, and as such they reflect present concerns. In particular, they think through what it means to inherit state sovereignty from the colonizer. In other words, the novels are more about political philosophy than about history, about the nature of law and the state than about cultural crisis. They ask about the understanding of violence and how to limit it, and the capacity of the colonized to take over the state from the colonizer.

Ten Kortenaar serves as the director of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, where he teaches in the English department.  His talk is open to the university community and the public. I hope to see many of you there, and please do encourage others (including your students) to attend what promises to be a great event!

All best,
John




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