Cataclysmic Effects of Nature on Man and His Vicinity: Insights from Wale Okediran’s After The Flood

Abstract

After the flood belongs to the category of newer and contemporary 
novelistic rendition by Nigerian writers who continue to experiment 
with the genre of prose fiction. The text chronicles in fictional and in 
some instances near realistic form, life as affected by both natural 
(uncontrollable) and human actions. The pivotal narrative element; the 
disastrous flooding of the Ogunpa river produces ill-fate on human life 
and other societal constituents. The paper uses a sociological 
approach to situate the text as a work which seeks to portray literature 
as a social tool for use in society. The paper surmises thata 
sociological approach enables,the writer,to harness societal currents 
into the fictional and imaginative form of the novel.