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80 Books You Must Read As A Literature Student by advocateolapet: 7:32am On May 18, 2017 |
Tuesday, 9 May 2017 80 BOOKS YOU MUST READ AS A LITERATURE STUDENT http://www.advocateolapet.com/2017/05/80-books-you-must-read-as-literature.html As an avid reader of literature in English,or a Literature Student,I believe you have to read some literature texts. I have compiled a list of 80 literary works,ranging from prose to play,both African and Non African texts. Go through the list and add your own list too in the comment box. I have read them all and I can bet you,you'd like to read the books. How many have you read? Mind you, this list is not based on ranking or hierarchy, it is however based on the way they have been used over the years in Nigerian Universities. 80 books you must read as a literature student 1.Things Fall Apart- Chinua Achebe 2.Oedipus Rex- Sophocles 3.Macbeth- Williams Shakespeare 4. A Grain Of Wheat- Ngugi Wa Tiong'o 5. The Lion And The Jewel- Wole Soyinka 6. Waiting For Godot- Samuel Beckett 7. The Poor Christ of Bomba- Mungo Betti 8. Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte 9. The Importance of Being Earnet- Oscar Wilde 10. Forest of Flowers- Ken Saro Wiwa 11. Kongi's Harvest-Wole Soyinka 12. Tell Freedom-Peter Abraham 13. Heart of Darkness-Joseph Conrad 14.Julius Ceaser - Williams Shakespeare 15.The gods Are not to blame-Ola Rotimi 16. Ake- Wole Soyinka 17. Esu And The Vangabound Minstrels- Femi Osofisan 18 Gullivers Travels- Jonathan Swift 19. Robinson Crusoe- Daniel Defoe 20.A Walk IN The Night- Alex La Guma 21. Doctor Faustus- Christopher Marlowe 23. Romeo and Juliet- Williams Shakespeare 24.Fine Boys- Eghosa Imasuen 25 Ovoranwen Nogbaisi- Ola Rotimi 26. Great Expectations-Charles Dickens 27.Arrow of God- Chinua Achebe 28. Madman and The Specialist- Wole Soyinka 29. Sinzwe Bansi is Dead- Athol Fugard 30.Arms and The Man-George Bernard Shaw 31.Hamlet- Williams Shakespeare 32.Animal Farm-George Owell 33. The T rials of Brother Jero- W ole Soyinka 35.Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again- Ola Rotimi 37. Death and the King Horseman- Wole Soyinka 38-She Stoops to Conquer- Oliver Goldsmith 39. The Potters Wheel- Chukwuemeka Ike 40.Nineten Eighty Four-George Owell 41.The Canterbury Tales-Geoffery Chuacer 42. Tempest- William Shakespeare 43.Holding Talks-Ola Rotimi 44.Tenants Of The House- Wale Okediran 45.A Man of All Season- Robert Bolt 46. The Return Of Ameze- Felix Ogoanna 47. Triumph of The Water Lilly- Stella Ify Osammor 48..The African Child- Camara Laye 49. Purple Hibscus- Chimaamanda Adiche 50. Hopes of the Living Dead-Ola Rotimi 51. Lonely Days- Bayo Adebowale 52. Attahiru- Ahmed Yerima 53. Half of a Yellow Sun- Chimaamanda Adiche 54.Sons and Daughtes- Joe c D Graft 55. The Joys Of Motherhood- Buchi Emecheta 56.The trial of Dedan Kimathi- Ngugu wa Thiong'o and Micere Mugo 57. Bottled Leopard- Chukuemeka Ike 58. In Dependence- Sarah Ladipo Manyika 59- The Interpreters- Wole Soyinka 60.Tess of the d'Urbervilles- Thomas Hardy 61.Silas Marner- George Elliot 62. The Mayor of Casterbridge- Thomas Hardy 63.The history of Rasselas,Prince of Abissina- Samuel Johnson 64. Second Class Citizen- Buchi Emecheta 65. The Spanish Tragedy- Thomas Kyd 66.Once Upon Four robbers- Femi Osofisan 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 80 Books You Must Read As A Literature Student by advocateolapet: 7:33am On May 18, 2017 |
67. The Last Days at Forcados High School- A.H Mohammed 68. Violence- Festus Iyayi 69. Women of Owu-Femi Osofisan 70. Harvest of Corruption-Frank Ogbodo Ogbeche 71. No Longer at Ease- Chinua Achebe 72. The Concubine- Elechi Amadi 73. Native Son- Richard Wright 74. Midnight Hotel - Femi Osofisan 75.The last Duty-Isidore Okpewho 76. The Wives Revolt- J.P Clark 78. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born- Ayi kwei Amar 79.Endgame- Samuel Beckett 80. Americana - Chimaamanda Adiche 1 Like |
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