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Mal 505 Modern African Literature Question Paper

Mal 505 Modern African Literature 

Course:Master Of Art In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
INSTITUTION BASED PROGRAMME (IBP) ? AUGUST SESSION
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN LITERATURE

MAL 505: MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE

DATE: Tuesday 28th December 2010 TIME: 9.00a.m -12.00p.m


INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any THREE questions ONLY.

1. ?African Literature is now understood and practiced in merely an appendage of
the European Literature?. Discuss.
2. What would you consider to be the role of the African writer in our contemporary
society? Make close reference to any work by each of the following.
(a)
CHINUA ACHEBE
(b)
NGUGI WA THIONG?O
(c)
ALEX LA GUMA
3. Choose any Two plays by African playwrights and compare the respective
dramatic techniques/language. Which ONE of the TWO playwrights do you find
most successful and WHY?
4. ?Style is the essence of every good poetry.? How applicable is this to any ONE
major African poet whose works you are very familiar with?
5. Analyze the significance of the Language Question of the development of African
Literature.






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