El abismo del significado: desencantamiento en Things Fall Apart de Chinua Achebe
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Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, encantamiento, desencantamiento, cristianismo, racionalidadResumen
La obra maestra de Achebe, Things Fall Apart, gira en torno a una comunidad nigeriana y la vida de la gente Ibo. Ilustra la vida de la población local antes y después de la colonización británica. La novela narra la vida de Okonkwo, un miembro altamente valorado del clan Ibo, durante el período de colonización. En este artículo, pretendo argumentar que la vida de este clan estaba encantada antes de la colonización. Luego, analizo cómo esa vida encantada se ve afectada por la civilización occidental y el cristianismo y cómo esos elementos desencantaron la visión del mundo de los Ibo. La vitalidad de la materia para los Ibo y la inmaterialidad de los objetos para los cristianos contribuyeron a dos ontologías opuestas. Mientras que la ontología occidental busca definir, limitar y medir todo, la tradición Ibo da espacio a los elementos de magia, maravilla y miedo. Las puras fuerzas de la racionalidad occidental y el cristianismo sirvieron como elementos potentes que vaciaron de significado la cultura Ibo. Además, sostengo que la aparición de la tradición occidental dentro de la cultura Ibo causó el suicidio de Okonkwo y su crisis de identidad.
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