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East African Prose Question Paper

East African Prose

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Theology (With It) (Theology)

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2011

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KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY
LITE 210: EAST AFRICAN PROSE
DAY: FRIDAY DATE: 05/08/2011
TIME: 9.00 – 11.00 A.M. STREAM: Y2S1
INSTRUCTIONS:
? Answer Three Questions: One from Section 1 is and TWO questions in Section 2
SECTION 1: (30 MARKS)
1. ‘In a reaction against the colonial experience, writing from East Africa has continued to be
preoccupied with its indigenous sources and has attempted to break from the colonial
grammar by infusing its narratives with local idioms.’ Discuss with reference to any novel or
short stories you have read in this course. (30 marks)
2. Discuss feminist and gender issues in East African literature with reference to either Arac
de Nyeko’s or Margaret Ogola’s or Goretti Kyomuhendo’s or Elieshi Lema’s or Grace
Ogot’s works. (30 marks)
SECTION 2
3. Comment on how either Ngugi wa Thiongo in A Grain of Wheat or Oginga Odinga in Not
Yet Uhuru or Nurrundin Farah in Sardines depict (the struggle for) independence as a drama
of betrayal, ironic reversals, unfulfilled promise or total failure. (20 marks)
PLEASE TURN OVER
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4. Either a) Discuss how fact and fiction are intertwined in MacGoye’s Coming to Birth
(20 marks) Or b) With reference to any of MacGoye’s novels discuss the suggestion that she
weaves local idioms and historical references into her narratives to comment on historical and
political events in Kenya and to forge new identities for her characters. (20marks)
5. Discuss the theme of slavery in East Africa with reference to either Francis Bok’s Escape
from slavery, or Tippu Tip’s The Story of His Career in Central Africa Narrated from
His Own Accounts By Dr. Heinrich Erode or Adrian Onyando’s Heart of Wilderness.
(20marks)

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