THE RHETORICS IN CHINUA ACHEBE'S THINGS FALL APART AND LESSONS FOR WRITERS IN A DIGITAL AGE

Abstract

Literature as work of Art in Nigerian Language is always society oriented. This is predicated on Lthe fact that art in African Society can be said to be society relevant and functional. Theobjective of this study therefore presents some of the rhetoric's Chinua Achebe employed in hiswritings especially in Things Fall Apart which writers of this age should emulate to bring aboutbeautiful works of art. To do this, the study adopted the survey method to analyse the book inreference, backed with some selected literature in this area of study that was reviewed. Findingsshow that Achebe in this work gave an oral record of Igbo life. In an attempt to present this account inan interesting manner, he employed a lot of rhetoric which ranged from his good use of Igbo words,proverbs, flashbacks to storytelling. It is recommended that writers of this age employ these literarystyles to embellish their works.