APPRECIATING CHUKWUEMEKA IKE'S "OUR CHILDREN ARE COMING"" - Onyeji Nnaji
To appreciate literature is simply to be desolved into the dimensions of narratives carefully contained by a literary piece. The way the reader sees the writer and the conclusion he is able to draw about the author is generally dependent on how much he gets himself assimilated into the narrative dexterity of the author. The writer, who would want readers to gain an immeasurable understanding of the work, uses such language he believes would encourage the reading of his work. But one thing is paramount; he does not place the work so simply for every reader, instead he weaves several techniques into the narrative so that he that approaches the text would see reasons to think. To think properly with any work of art is simply to be absorbed by the same piece of writing. By this, the reader identifies with any character of his choice in the work. With this character, he gains a better position to judge, support or disagree with the philosophy dominant in the text. By so doing, he can vividl...
