LIBERATION MOTIF IN SELECT NOVELS OF MULK RAJ ANAND ...

prace. The way Achebe varies his similes in the rural and urbannovels is striking.Eldred Jones in his article, "The ~ecolonization ofAfrican Literature"in The Writer in Modern ~frica edited byPer Wastberg, contends that in the postcolonial era colonialismor decolonization has become a common and predominant theme ofmost African writers and rightly so.approaches to the problem,He points out the twoone of pure invective against theforeign rulers and the other of extolling the past civilization-and traditions of Africa in a bid to restore her to former gloryand dignity. Writers like Achebe and Soyinka have struck abalance by not glossing over the imperfections of modern Africa-Robert M Wren's study entitled Achebe1s World: Historicaland Cultural Context of Chinua Achebe (1979) provides arefreshing peep into the assumptions, allusions and the novel'scontext in general. He goes on to unravel some of the mysteriousand unexplained symbols, practices, rituals and terms socommonly used by Achebe in his novels.His illuminatingcommentaries and explications are a great help in appreciatingthe beauty of Achebe1s art.Ulli Beier has edited a collection of essays on Africanwriters, entitled Introduction 9 African Literature: An Anthology:-of Critical Writinq (1980).Ezekiel Mphahlelels article underthe title, "Writers and Commitmentv is a lucid presentation of