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On-line Articles

The WMU library is a great source for resources for the study of literature. The library collects many academic journals in literary studies where thoughtful essays can be read by undergraduates as well as graduate students and professors.

The key to accessing this information is the MLA (Modern Literature Assocation) Bibliography, where thousands of literary journals are searched in a matter of seconds, and, many articles can be found that are are available either full-text on-line, in journals on our library shelves (search for the call number by the journal title), or can be ordered from other libraries via Interlibrary Loan.

From the WMU library home page you can find the MLA Bibliography under "M" in the "A-Z List of Article Indexes and Data Bases." Use your WMU unified account name and password to enter.

Searching the MLA Bibliography is easy. For example, using "Things Fall Apart" as a keyword search, 122 articles were immediately identified on this novel. Some of these articles from leading journals are available instantly in full-text--it will indicate on the reference that they are available in html or pdf format. Simply click and they open up.

Here are five recent articles on Things Fall Apart that are excellent resources for students of the novel and that are available in full-text free of charge to WMU students and faculty:

Gikandi, Simon. "Chinua Achebe and the Invention of African Culture"Research in African Literatures 32, no. 3 (2001 Fall): p. 3-8

Nnoromele, Patrick. "The plight of a hero in Achebe's Things Fall Apart" College Literature 27, no. 2 (Spring 2000): p. 146-156

Nwabueze, Emeka. "Theoretical Construction and Constructive Theorizing on the Execution of Ikemefuna in Achebe's Things Fall Apart: A Study in Critical Dualism" Research in African Literatures 31, no. 2 (2000 Summer): p. 163-73

Osei-Nyame, Kwadwo. "Chinua Achebe Writing Culture: Representations of Gender and Tradition in Things Fall Apart" Research in African Literatures 30 no2 148-64 Summ '99

Hoegberg, David. "Principle and Practice: The Logic of Cultural Violence in Achebe's Things Fall Apart"
College Literature 26 no1 69-79 Wint '99

Begam, Richard. "Achebe's sense of an ending: History and tragedy in Things Fall Apart" Studies in the Novel v29n3 (Fall 1997): 396-411

The availability of this high level scholarship is a great asset. Take advantage of it! (And when you use ideas in your papers, be sure to footnote the source!)

Created by: allen.webb@wmich.edu
Revised: 9/04