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African Prose Fiction Question Paper

African Prose Fiction

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ARTS)
ALT 200: AFRICAN PROSE FICTION

DATE:
Friday 28th November 2008
TIME: 11.00am-1.00pm

INSTRUCTIONS
Based on your Course Outline, Answer THREE Questions, ONE from Section A, and
any TWO from Section B.
Avoid duplication of material
Section A
1.
a)
Taken together, East Africa Prose Fiction suggests a common thread that runs through work from this region.
OR
b)
With specific reference to any ONE text, demonstrate the ways in which an understanding of CONTEXT enables the reading of a story.

Section B
1.
With reference to any TWO short stories by writers from Tanzania Illustrate the prominence of the themes of political struggle and the formation of a nation.
2.
How appropriate is Grace Ogot s portrayal of migration, both as a historical and as a family experience. Draw your examples from The Promised Land
3.
How does Ngugi wa Thiong o portray the East African situation in The River Between?
4.
Mary Okurut s Child of a Delegate is a scathing attack on post-colonial exploitation. Discuss with reference to the text.
5.
Analyze Ngugi s choice of title ?A Grain of Wheat?, Within the wider context of the novel.
6.
Analyze ONE major theme in either May Okurut s The Invisible Weevil, or Elieshi Lema s Parched Earth.
7.
The Nandi woman became my tigritude. I pronounced her beautiful, marveled at her cheekbones, and mourned the lost wisdom in her eyes? It was a source of terrible fear for me and that I could never lover her. I covered that betrayal with a complicated imagery that had no connection to my gut: O Nubian princess and other bad poetry Discovering Home.
8.
Discuss the title Coming to Birth in the Novel by Marjorie Oludhe Mcgoye
9.
Discuss three major themes in Meja Mwangi s. The Last Plague.
10.
EITHER
a)
Is Meja Mwangi realistic in his portrayal of the urban situation in Cockroach Dance?
OR
b)
Discuss Meja Mwangi s use of imagery in Cockroach Dance.
11.
Select any two short stories from Land without Thunder and relate their social cultural relevance to East Africa Society.

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