Proverbs in Chinua Achebe’s Novel Things Fall Apart

Abstract

This article is a literary study which is concerned with the analysis of proverbs found
 in the novel Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe. The objective of this study is
 to identify as well as to analyse proverbs used in the novel. The analysis is based on
 the theoretical framework proposed by Honect (1997) who states that proverbs are an
 intuitive aspect of their mental functioning and can be viewed by using seven views:
 Personal View, Formal View, Religious View, Literary View, Practical View, Cultural
 View and Cognitive View. The study was conducted by applying qualitative method
 with a descriptive approach proposed by Creswell (2009). The result of the analysis
 shows that there are 27 proverbs found in the novel. Of the seven views of proverbs,
 six are found in the novel. The view that is not found in the novel is Literary View.