論文摘要
殖民主義將非洲定位為西方慾望的投射與經濟利益所在，故齊努阿契比的書寫在於追尋敘述的技巧與意識型態以對抗殖民論述。阿契比將敘述視為一項工具，以對立觀點反抗殖民想像。本論文闡述阿契比重塑非洲經驗所牽涉的架構一直為殖民與後殖民非洲的再現及國家認同論述所影響。文中將檢視阿契比對於非洲書寫之本質及功能所持之見解，並討論其著作《四分五裂》與《不再安逸》，以顯示阿契比在非洲文學上深具影響力的地位來自於他能在殖民主義與國家獨立的過渡時期，以小說作為重整非洲文化的新策略。
本論文共四章。第一章概略探討阿契比對非洲書寫之本質及功能的論點與想法。第二章以康拉德的《黑暗之心》與阿契比的《四分五裂》做對照，檢視殖民與反殖民論述中的種族及再現議題。第三章討論《不再安逸》中殖民與獨立之過渡階段所產生之身份認同問題。第四章重述本論文的主要論點，並探討阿契比在使用西方的文體上是否會產生問題。

Abstract
Because the project of colonialism has fixed the African as a projection of Western desires and economic interests, Chinua Achebe's act of writing is bound to be his quest for the techniques and ideologies of narrative that could counter colonial discourse. Achebe would conceive narrative as a vehicle for what Edward Said calls "an opposing point of view, perspective, consciousness" pitted against "the unitary web of vision" embedded in dominant discourse (Orientalism 240). In this thesis, I would like to argue that Achebe's effort to reinvent the African is tied to the framework which has been shaped by the changing discourse on representation and national identity in colonial and post-colonial Africa. Through a close reading of his theoretical reflections on the nature and function of African writing and his works in question, namely Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease, I would like to show that Achebe's seminal status in the history of African literature lies precisely in his ability to use the novel as a new way of reorganizing African cultures, especially in the crucial juncture of transition from colonialism to national independence.
The thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter One explores Achebe's theoretical reflections on the nature and function of African writing in general. With the juxtaposition of Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Chapter Two examines the issues of race and representation in colonial and anti-colonial discourse. Chapter Three investigates the problem of identity takes place at the juncture of colonization and independence in No Longer at Ease. Chapter Four recapitulates the major arguments of the thesis and discusses Achebe's use of the Western literary form.

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