Creativity and Self-Reflectivity in the Agnostic Construction of God and the Personal Realities in Selected Akpan’s Facebook Narrative

Abstract

Art through the framework of parodies and memory attempt self-reflection on the life of a creative writer in the free space. Most criticism on Adiaha Akpan’s Facebook narratives are done by “religious people” without paying scholarly attention on the concept of creativity and self-reflectivity in the works of Akpan. This research examines creativity and self-reflectivity in the agnostic construction of God and the personal realities in selected Akpan’s Facebook narrative. This study through the application of the concept of creativity, parody and trauma examines Akpan’s recreation of self, God, and personal reality through the remediate of dimensions of selves in her selected Facebook narratives. Our findings reveals that there are mutations of Akpan’s creative selves from the premise of practiced religion and previously lived selves. Through this mutated selves Akpan attempts to reconstruct her traumatic memory with organized religion. This research adopts the concepts of creativity, parody, and trauma in examining selected works of Akpan published on Facebook. This paper concludes that Akpan’s writing is an attempt to reflect on her lived experiences about God, religion, and faith. In doing so, she reconciles herself with certain levels of her experience and doubts which becomes the creative vectors in her narratives.