the study of narrator’s function in chinua achebe’s things fall apart in the light of postcolonial narratology

western imperialism always depicted a biased image of the colonized nations . therefore , portraying th e reality of africa to restore the lost dignity of the natives is one of the aims of postcolonial literature . achebe’s things fall apart is an attempt in this regard . employing postcolonial narratology , the present study examines the relation of the novel ’ s point of view and the concept of decolonization . dwelling on gerard genette ’ s narratology in which point of view is divided into two different concepts of focalization and narration , this study investigates how the potentialities of extradiegetic narrator such as high degree of reliability are at the service of decolonization in the novel . i n other words, the choice o f t his sort of narrator provides achebe with options to fulfill his very aim which would not be accomplished with a different choice.