My paper is on the effects of religious imperialism in Ireland and Africa, more specifically the stories Cal and Things Fall Apart. In this paper I will cover the background of imperialism in the areas along with some basic background on the two main stories I will be looking at.
I will start by looking at Things Fall Apart, and how the plot revolves around religion and how the story is affected by the sudden appearance of Christianity in their society. Afterwards I will discuss the effects on the main character, Okonkwo, and how his decisions were changed after Christianity took a foothold among his people.
Second I will discuss Cal in the same manner, discussing the plot and how it is affected by the turmoil between Catholicism and Protestantism in Ireland, followed by how Cal's decisions were changed as well by conflict he witnessed.
I will finish up by looking into how the experiences with religious colonialism in the stories are similar, as well as how they are different, bringing up how the stories and characters are altered as the religious conflicts go on for longer periods of time. The main example will be the comparison between how the earliest phase of religious colonialism is experienced in Things Fall Apart, when first contact with the other religion is made, versus the ongoing conflict in Cal's Ireland.
This will all be held together by combining examples in the book with others found in my research, as well as historical background of the two areas covered in the novels.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Plans for the Final Project
I plan to do the written paper for the final project, and I wanted to use Cal as one of my main sources because it was my favorite book this semester. I was trying to think of a topic that I could argue and after talking with Julie I decided to go with religious colonialism, the effects of other cultures imposing religious beliefs on an existing one. I plan to use both Cal and Things Fall Apart as the sources for this argument, along with the five scholarly sources I have found.
I am still open to a few suggestions but for right now I was thinking about arguing that religious colonization has been a main source of conflict. I know I want to focus on conflicts as it was a central them in Cal and TFA, I'm just not sure if my way is the best way to word it.
Works Cited
Achebe, Chinua. "Things Fall Apart." Things Fall Apart: A Norton Critical Edition. Ed. Francis Abiola Irele. New York: Norton, 2009. 3-117.
Maclaverty, Bernard. Cal. New York: Norton, 1995.
Mitchell, Claire. "Behind the Ethnic Marker: Religion and Social Identification in Northern Ireland." Sociology of Religion 66.1 (2005): 3-21. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=16803373&site=ehost-live
Mitchell's paper covers religious background specifically in Northern Ireland, which will provide good comparisons to Cal. There are some statistics of how many people are Protestant vs. Catholic as well which I can use.
Murdoch, Norman H. "In Darkest Africa: Martyrdom & Resistance to Colonialism in Rhodesia." Journal of Third World Studies 22.1 (2005): 211-232. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=17240324&site=ehost-live
Nelson, Robert H. "Environmental Colonialism: 'Saving' Africa from Africans." Independant Review 8.1 (2003). EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=10112478&site=ehost-live
I chose to use Nelson's paper as a source because it covers some good historical background to the religious reasons that people colonized Africa for, and how it affected the people there as Christianity was forced on them.
Pappé, Ilan. "Zionism as Colonialism: A comparative View of Diluted Colonialism in Asia and Africa." South Atlantic Quarterly 107.4 (2008): 611-633. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=35301454&site=ehost-live
Singh, Amardeep. "A Pisgah Sight of Ireland: Religious Embodiment and Colonialism in Ulysses." Semeia 88 (1999): 129-147. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=6315342&site=ehost-live
Singh uses some excerpts from Joyce's Ulysses, and while I didn't choose to cover Joyce, there are some very good information in the paper that specifically relates to the religious conflict in Ireland.
I am still open to a few suggestions but for right now I was thinking about arguing that religious colonization has been a main source of conflict. I know I want to focus on conflicts as it was a central them in Cal and TFA, I'm just not sure if my way is the best way to word it.
Works Cited
Achebe, Chinua. "Things Fall Apart." Things Fall Apart: A Norton Critical Edition. Ed. Francis Abiola Irele. New York: Norton, 2009. 3-117.
Maclaverty, Bernard. Cal. New York: Norton, 1995.
Mitchell, Claire. "Behind the Ethnic Marker: Religion and Social Identification in Northern Ireland." Sociology of Religion 66.1 (2005): 3-21. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=16803373&site=ehost-live
Mitchell's paper covers religious background specifically in Northern Ireland, which will provide good comparisons to Cal. There are some statistics of how many people are Protestant vs. Catholic as well which I can use.
Murdoch, Norman H. "In Darkest Africa: Martyrdom & Resistance to Colonialism in Rhodesia." Journal of Third World Studies 22.1 (2005): 211-232. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=17240324&site=ehost-live
Nelson, Robert H. "Environmental Colonialism: 'Saving' Africa from Africans." Independant Review 8.1 (2003). EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=10112478&site=ehost-live
I chose to use Nelson's paper as a source because it covers some good historical background to the religious reasons that people colonized Africa for, and how it affected the people there as Christianity was forced on them.
Pappé, Ilan. "Zionism as Colonialism: A comparative View of Diluted Colonialism in Asia and Africa." South Atlantic Quarterly 107.4 (2008): 611-633. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=35301454&site=ehost-live
Singh, Amardeep. "A Pisgah Sight of Ireland: Religious Embodiment and Colonialism in Ulysses." Semeia 88 (1999): 129-147. EBSCOhost. Local University Library Service, Washington State University Lib. 3 Dec. 2009 http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2055/scripts/wsuall.pl?url=http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2077/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=6315342&site=ehost-live
Singh uses some excerpts from Joyce's Ulysses, and while I didn't choose to cover Joyce, there are some very good information in the paper that specifically relates to the religious conflict in Ireland.
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