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Facts And Fiction In Akachi Adimora - Ezeigbo’s Chldren Of The Eagle And The Last Of The Strong Ones
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My parents were
strict with us... I was a subdued child and quick in obeying whatever
rules my parents laid down. One of those rules was that we were never to
have boyfriends. I remember the day a boy posted a letter to our house
without my knowledge and it got into my father’s hand. He read it and
threatened to give the letter to the principal of my school and even to
stop my education. You can imagine how I lost my patience with the boy
upon my return to school. I warned him never to write such letters to me
again... (Wov: 18).
Ezeigbo also wrote about her marriage and family
life in ‘A Day to Remember’ (Rituals and Departures).It tells us about
the author’s early marriage while in school and her first pregnancy.
Ezeigbo
in her trilogy puts all these short stories together to produce a
bigger novel. The writer is seen in the character Nnenne. She is a
lecturer and a writer.
‘...She was happy; she was free from lectures, from supervision of projects and dissertations’ (COE: 343).
Ezeigbo
in her literary works tells her readers the story of her life, family
and children. She makes use of the novel because it gives her an avenue
to depict fictional characters that represent her in her works. These
events in her works are real but told as stories to entertain her
readers and show her skill in writing.
1.5 RESEARCH PROBLEM
This
research study will address itself to the way people tend to see
fictional works. People see fictional works as being fictitious but they
are over laid with fact. This study using Akachi Adimora - Ezeigbo’s
works as guide, will demonstrate the impact of the intermeddling of fact
with fiction in literary works.
1.6 METHODOLOGY
This research
work will make use of the sociological theory. This theory is adopted
for this study because Ezeigbo’s two works; The Last of the Strong Ones
(1996) and Children c the Eagle (2002) are centered on literature and
the society. Sociological theory relates arts to the society. This is
virtually important because literature cannot exist without the society.
This study will also make use of the Socialist realism theory as a
branch of sociological theory.
1.7 SCOPE OF STUDY AND LIMITATION
This research work titled Facts and fiction in Akachi Adimora — Ezeigbo’s The Last of the• strong Ones(1996 and Children of the
Eagle
(2002), will begin with facts and fiction in literatuTe. The researcher
will limit this study to areas of Orature, Feminism /Gender issues and
Aesthetics concerning Ezeigbo’s works. This study is supposed to
contain, broader aspects of facts and fiction. But due to time and
space, this study will limit itself to the study of facts and fiction in
Ezeigbo’s two works The researcher’s inability to interview Akachi ,
personally due to distance of learning is a limitation. Ezeigbo is a new
writer. This fact led to difficulties in getting materials for the
research work. This research work will pioneer criticism on the
novelist.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work addressed itself to the way people tend to see fictional works. People see fictional works as being fictitious, but they are over laid with fact. This long essay, using Akachi Adimora. Ezeigbo’s works as guide, demonstrated the impact of the intermeddling of fact with fiction in literary works. They do not always obstruct each other and when harnessed depending on the ingenuity of the artist they can serve multiple purposes. The sociological socialist realism theory is ... Continue reading---
