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Genres Of Oral Literature Question Paper

Genres Of Oral Literature

Course:Bachelor Of Education (Science)

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION SCIENCE
LITE 320: GENRES OF ORAL LITERATURE
DAY: FRIDAY DATE: 12/08/2011
TIME: 3.00 – 5.00 P.M. STREAM: SESS 3
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer three questions, one from Section 1 and two from Section 2.
SECTION 1
1. Review recorded genres from any East African community and argue for or against the
statement that scholars have done a shoddy collection of oral literature materials and
ignored the context in which they exist (30 mks)
2. Define the term ‘oral literature’ and any other three terms that have been used
interchangeably with it (30 mks)
3. In what ways has either Chinua Achebe or Okot p’Bitek or Taban lo Liyong or
Gabriel Okara employed oral literary style in his works? Refer to any one work by the
above-mentioned writers (30 mks)
SECTION 2
4. ‘The difference between one genre and another is a matter of degree rather than of
kind.’ Discuss this statement with reference to related genres (20 mks)
5. Write an essay on the role of performance in Oral Literature (20 mks)
6. EITHER (a) Do the media enhance rather than eliminate orality? Refer to any one
medium, electronic or print (20 mks)
OR (b) Which electronic medium is most suited for recording folklore and oral
literature? Why? (20 mks)
7. From your understanding of oral literature genres, what can you say is their relevance
to you? Discuss with specific illustrations from oral or recorded texts (20 mks)
8. Write an essay on the future of oral literature in Africa (20 mks)

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