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Alt 307 European Literature Question Paper

Alt 307 European Literature

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
ALT 307: EUROPEAN LITERATURE
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DATE: Tuesday 24th June, 2008
TIME: 8.00 ? 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer any THREE questions.
1.
Either

(a)
With reference to any two voyages in Swift?s Gullivers Travels, discuss
the author?s use of at least three stylistic devices to attack man?s
departure from Reason.

Or

(b)
?A writer is not always infallible.? What do you consider to be the
author?s shortcomings in his portrait of man in Gullivers Travels?
2.
EITHER

(a)
?Despite the terror and destruction of the Revolution of 1789, Charles
Dickens maintains it had some positive aspects.? What do you consider
to be positive in his artistic presentation of the Revolution in A tale of
Two Cities?

OR

(b)
Discuss the use of symbolism in A Tale of Two Cities to create impact
upon the reader.
3.
Either,

(a)
In what way is the play?s environment central to our understanding of
Nora?s character development in Henrk Ibsen?s A Doll?s House?
Or

(b)
Discuss the part played by any Two of the following characters in the
drama of Ibsen?s

A Dolls House:

(i)
Tovald Helmer

(ii)
Nora
(iii)
Krogstad
(iv)
Dr. Rank

Or
(c)
?Ibsen?s A Doll?s House is not merely a Feminist play?. Discuss.
4.
?A journey to self-understanding?. Is this a fitting description of Old Goriot?
Answer with reference to two major characters.
5.
Discuss Anton Chekhov?s The Cherry Orchard as a tragedy.

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