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Literary Aesthetics Question Paper

Literary Aesthetics

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION AND
BACHELOR OF ARTS
ALT 400: LITERARY AESTHETICS
DATE: WEDNESDAY, 9TH JANUARY 2008
TIME: 10.30 A.M. ? 12.30 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.
ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS ONLY.
2.
RESPOND TO AT LEAST ONE QUESTION FROM EACH SECTION.

SECTION A

1.
How is literature related to philosophy? Discuss in relation to the question of
beauty in literary phenomenon.

2.
?Plato?s central interest in judging literature is not artistic nor aesthetic but
political and moral?. Discuss.

3.
Discuss Aristotles theory of mimesis and how it helps us look at literature as a mirror
and at the same time a reflection of the society.

4.
Do you agree that literature is a lie that is twice removed from the ideal forms? Argue
for your case.
SECTION B
5.
Discuss No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe as a tragic form showing how it meets the
nature and functions of a tragedy.

6.
Relate literary form to the three forms of social consciousness.

7.
Argue for or against the following statement. ?John Ruganda?s The Burdens is both a
particular and a universal literary text.?
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