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Legends deal with communal heroes or heroines. They are men and women who have performed certain feats in the past. A good example of such heroine is Queen Amina of Zaria. Ngugi Wa Thong’O is an African writer who portrayed a legendary hero of the celebrated in Mau-Mau anti-colonial rebellion freedom fighting in Kenya. In one of his plays, The Trial of Dedin Kimathi, he presents the celebration of such a hero. However, in A Gain of Wheat, he presents such presumed legendary heroes who fought for uhuru-Independence as traitors. Some of them are Mugo, Gikonyo, Karanja, and Numbi who presumably played heroic roles in the struggle. Uhuru demands herambee (unity) and on the eve of Independence, it is expected that these heroes and heroines work together for the progress of Kenya. Unfortunately all of them are burdened with guilt, shame and envy as they 25 ruminate on their activities during the Mau-Mau emergency. One of them, Mugo who betrayed Khika is seen as a hero but his sense of guilt has tormented him so much that he felt that only a confession could liberate him from his torment. Why should I not let Karanja bear the blame? He dismissed the temptation and stood up. How else could he ever look Mumbi in the face? His heart pounded against him, he felt sweat in his hands, as he walked through the huge crowd. His hands shook, his legs were not firm on the ground. In his mind everything was clear and final. He would stand there and publicly own the crime. He held on to this vision. Nothing, not even the shouting and the songs and the praises would deflect him from this purpose. It was the clarity of this vision which gave him courage as he stood before the microphone and the sudden silence. As soon as the first words were out, Mugo felt light. A load of many years was lifted from his shoulders. He was free, sure, confident (p. 267). Here it is not an event or incident that is described. The passage presents what goes on in Mugo’s mind, before his confession, the confession and his sense of relief thereafter. Self Assessment Exercise Can you think of a heroic exploit of a legendary hero? Try to imagine what goes on his or mind at a particular incident in his life, and recount it in a paragraph. 3.7 History History and legend are interrelated. Both are set in the remote and immediate past of the people. This is unlike myth which is set in the primordial past. Many Nigeria writers have drawn the inspiration for some of their works from history. Many Nigerian writers especially novelists have written novels on the Nigerian Civil War. Each writer presents his own perspective on the war. 26 Poets and dramatists are not left out in recounting historical experiences imaginatively. One could say that each writer mediates history in order to present an artistically satisfying experience. Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and Hopes of the Living Dead are historical plays. 4.0 CONCLUSION Creative writing is an art and a talent, a writer may compulsively write while another writer makes a conscious effort to write. The important feature is the urge to write, the availability of what to write about and the ability to write fluently to present a coherent story. The art of fiction does not begin until the writer thinks of his story as worthy of presentation. When you have an idea, incident, event or relationship you want to portray you must make sure that is will interest your audience, that it is worthy of exhibition. In doing this, the first consideration is the establishment of “a fictional reality, or mimesis (the imitation of real life) or verisimilitude (semblance of truth). This consideration relates more to drama and prose which present stories. Poems also present stories but in a very special way as you will see in Module 3. To make your idea and story a creative work, it should be presented or dramatized in such a way that it will evoke the reader’s emotion as we see in some of the passages above. Before writing, the events exist only in your imagination so your task is to present them alive and vividly for your audience to not only view them the way they are in your imagination but also react to your character and events that are not real as if they are real.
Legends deal with communal heroes or heroines. They are men and women who have performed certain feats in the past. A good example of such heroine is Queen Amina of Zaria. Ngugi Wa Thong’O is an African writer who portrayed a legendary hero of the celebrated in Mau-Mau anti-colonial rebellion freedom fighting in Kenya. In one of his plays, The Trial of Dedin Kimathi, he presents the celebration of such a hero. However, in A Gain of Wheat, he presents such presumed legendary heroes who fought for uhuru-Independence as traitors. Some of them are Mugo, Gikonyo, Karanja, and Numbi who presumably played heroic roles in the struggle. Uhuru demands herambee (unity) and on the eve of Independence, it is expected that these heroes and heroines work together for the progress of Kenya. Unfortunately all of them are burdened with guilt, shame and envy as they 25 ruminate on their activities during the Mau-Mau emergency. One of them, Mugo who betrayed Khika is seen as a hero but his sense of guilt has tormented him so much that he felt that only a confession could liberate him from his torment. Why should I not let Karanja bear the blame? He dismissed the temptation and stood up. How else could he ever look Mumbi in the face? His heart pounded against him, he felt sweat in his hands, as he walked through the huge crowd. His hands shook, his legs were not firm on the ground. In his mind everything was clear and final. He would stand there and publicly own the crime. He held on to this vision. Nothing, not even the shouting and the songs and the praises would deflect him from this purpose. It was the clarity of this vision which gave him courage as he stood before the microphone and the sudden silence. As soon as the first words were out, Mugo felt light. A load of many years was lifted from his shoulders. He was free, sure, confident (p. 267). Here it is not an event or incident that is described. The passage presents what goes on in Mugo’s mind, before his confession, the confession and his sense of relief thereafter. Self Assessment Exercise Can you think of a heroic exploit of a legendary hero? Try to imagine what goes on his or mind at a particular incident in his life, and recount it in a paragraph. 3.7 History History and legend are interrelated. Both are set in the remote and immediate past of the people. This is unlike myth which is set in the primordial past. Many Nigeria writers have drawn the inspiration for some of their works from history. Many Nigerian writers especially novelists have written novels on the Nigerian Civil War. Each writer presents his own perspective on the war. 26 Poets and dramatists are not left out in recounting historical experiences imaginatively. One could say that each writer mediates history in order to present an artistically satisfying experience. Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and Hopes of the Living Dead are historical plays. 4.0 CONCLUSION Creative writing is an art and a talent, a writer may compulsively write while another writer makes a conscious effort to write. The important feature is the urge to write, the availability of what to write about and the ability to write fluently to present a coherent story. The art of fiction does not begin until the writer thinks of his story as worthy of presentation. When you have an idea, incident, event or relationship you want to portray you must make sure that is will interest your audience, that it is worthy of exhibition. In doing this, the first consideration is the establishment of “a fictional reality, or mimesis (the imitation of real life) or verisimilitude (semblance of truth). This consideration relates more to drama and prose which present stories. Poems also present stories but in a very special way as you will see in Module 3. To make your idea and story a creative work, it should be presented or dramatized in such a way that it will evoke the reader’s emotion as we see in some of the passages above. Before writing, the events exist only in your imagination so your task is to present them alive and vividly for your audience to not only view them the way they are in your imagination but also react to your character and events that are not real as if they are real.
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