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Marriage is a Private Affair Chinua Achebe

In: Girls at War and Other Stories Anchor Books / Random House, 1991

Study Guide –Marriage is a Private Affair – Chinua Achebe

STORY PREPARATION

Introduction

First impressions

Applying the method

Poetics

Tensions/Contrasts

Shadows

Issues

Experience

Coordinator Notes

DISCUSSION PATHS

Introducing the Story

Discussion Questions

Final Impressions

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

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Chinua Achebe and C.L. Innes. New York: Heinemann, 1988.