Reflection of Past in A Grain of Wheat

Prepared by Khuman Bhagirath J.Paper The African LiteratureRoll No. 02Class M.A. Sem-IVYear 2012/13

The Title - A Biblical Reflection

The Story – A Collection of Past Experiences

The Presence of Late Kihika

Reflection of the Ancient Texts’ Themes and Their Heroes

• Heroism of Beowulf, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Songs of Roland

(1) The Normative or Culture Hero(2) The Deviant or Anti-hero (Ralph A. Austen)• Jomo Kenyatta – 20th Century Moses

Reflection of Ngugi’s Boyhood in the Novel

“A writer’s subject matter is history”: Ngugi wa Thiong’o