LITERATURE OF

EGYPT
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Guy de
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Chinu
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 Egypt and Its People
EGYPT is one of the oldest civilizations and it is
not surprising that many of its literatures were
lost.
However, the earliest book of Egyptian
folktales dating from about 1300 B. C. was
recovered.

Majority of Egypt’s literature are about

royal romances, ghost stories, fables and
ancient version of the story of Cinderella.
The earliest known version of the cinderella
story was recorded in the 1st century BC by.
Ancient Egyptian.
 The Egyptians were considered as the first masters
of the short story. They love poetry. The attachment
King atbetween brothers
9 years old, and sisters in the upper class, who
died 19.
often married each other, was celebrated in their
Kohler’s disease
literature.
Antley-Bixler
syndrome

Several of the Egyptian Pharaohs married their siblings and had several children with
them. For example, Tutankhamun married his half-sister Ankhesenamun, and was himself
the child of an incestuous union between Akhenaten and an unidentified sister-wife.
For the Egyptians, religious writings were the
most important. They became the first ports to
express their belief in immortality in their works.
Egypt
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Chinu
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• Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
was a French writer, remembered as a
master of the short story form, and as
a representative of the naturalist
school of writers, who depicted human
lives and destinies and social forces in
disillusioned and often pessimistic
terms.
Born: 5 August 1850, Château de
Miromesnil, Tourville-sur-Arques,
France
Died: 6 July 1893, Passy, Paris,
The Two Brothers
 Plot
There were two brothers, Anpu, the married one and
Bata, the younger one. Anpu treated his brother like a son
and loved it so much and became the reason why his wife
become envy to Bata.
One day, when Anpu and Bata were on the field,
Bata went home to get some corn and found the wife
combing her hair and instructed her to get some corn. At the
end of that day, Anpu went home early and found his wife
bitterly crying and accused Bata for beating her up. Anpu got
angry and when Bata arrived, he sprang to it with a knife and
tried to kill him. Bata prayed to God Ra and it heard his cry
and made a river with crocodiles between the two. Bata
explained that he didn’t do such accusations and went away.
When Anpu got home, he found his wife near the river
washing the paint of balck and blue to her skin. Anpu got
 Conflict
The conflict in the story started when the
wife wanted to destroy Bata to his brother
Anpu.
 Climax
The climax in the story is when Anpu
almost killed Bata not knowing that it is just a
plan of his evil wife and when he found his
wife near the river washing the paint of black
and blue to her skin.
 Denouement
The resolution in the story is when Anpu
realized the mistake he had done to his
Characters
Characters
Protagonist Antagonist
Anpu- the elder Wife- the jealous
brother wife of Anpu
Bata- the who wanted to
younger brother destroy Bata to
God Ra- the his husband.
gracious god who
helped Bata.
 Setting
Location- on the house, field, near the river
and Valley of the Acacia.
 Theme
The theme of the story is life process where it
tells the experience of the two brothers.
 Point of View
The point of view in the story is third person
because the story talks about the experiences
of Bata.
 Conflict
The conflict in the story is man vs. man in the
place of the two bothers vs. the wife.
Symbol
The symbol for this story is the
knife which is used by Anpu when
he attempted to kill his brother
because for me a knife symbolizes
the things that are very useful to
you yet can also kill you.
Moral Lesson
Blood is thicker than water.
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• Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian
novelist, poet, professor, and
critic. His first novel Things
Fall Apart, often considered
his best, is the most widely
read book in modern African
literature.
Born: He won
16 November 1930, the
Ogidi,Man
Booker International Prize in
Anambra, Nigeria
2007.
Died: 21 March 2013, Boston,
Massachusetts, United States
Awards: Man Booker International
Prize, MORE
Education: University of
London, University of Ibadan
The Voter
Roof (Rufus Okeke) is an educated person
who returns to his village in order to help the
illiterate people in his own way. It was at the time of
the elections that he involved himself completely
both to meet his selfish needs and a bit of social
concern. Roof was the perfect adviser for Marcus
during the elections as he required a person of
Roof's nature to act as the Campaign manager. His
trust in Roof had started bearing fruit when Roof
tells him that people were unhappy with the way in
which they were treated soon after the elections
and the coming elections they may not cast their
 Roof had other campaign boys
who did their job well. Marcus had
bought a huge house for himself and
named it 'Umuofia mansion' as though
he was dedicating it to the village
people. On that day, all the village folk
was invited for an ozo meal
anticipating that their hesitation would
come down. But the people, after
 The hectic day right before the voting
day was when Roof met five elders from the
village and gave them 4 shillings each hoping
that it would make them canvass for Marcus.
On that same night, another incident
took place which literally shook Marcus. A few
of the POP campaign boys entered Roof's
house and tempted him with a Pound note
which Roof could not easily turn down. he
was confronted with a huge dilemma when
they asked them to swear by the local deity
 On the day of the election, Roof
watched the reaction of Marcus quite
often because he did not want Marcus
to suspect him. Everything went as per
plan. But when Roof was asked to
cast his vote, he did not know what to
do. All of a sudden, a grand idea
struck him. Without a second thought,
he tore the ballot paper into two halves