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Mal 503: Stylistics And Practical Criticism Question Paper

Mal 503: Stylistics And Practical Criticism

Course:Master Of Arts

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

DATE: THURSDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2010
TIME: 2.00 P.M. - 5.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
a)
Answer THREE questions, TWO from section A and ONE from Section B.
b)
Avoid duplication of material.

SECTION A
1.
Either

a)
?Practical Criticism? essentially aim at establishing the aesthetic value

of given works of art. Using the works of any author(s) of your choice,

describe some of the literary techniques that are crucial in this undertaking.

b)
??. In literary criticism, rhetorical precepts continue to play a central

role ? negligible literary types (if any) have escaped rhetorical influence?.

Critically comment on the above assertion.

2.
What transforms a literary text from a Philosophical, political, historical or
sociological work to a work of art is the novelist?s techniques, the devices he uses
to shape, explore, define and finally evaluate his material.

3.
?Without language there would totally be no point to talk about a ?literary? work of

art?. What is your considered opinion about this assertion?

4.
?A creative situation without critical response is like a hen brooding over

unfertilized eggs? (Robert Serumaga). Discuss this remark in relation to the function

of criticism in literary activity.
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5.
Either a)
Major Statements in Literary Criticism are associated with a number of

notable scholars. Choose any THREE from your own reading and

clearly show their contribution in Literature.

6.
In what ways does semantics help us to understand the relationship between form and

content.

SECTION B: PRACTICAL STYLISTIC ANALYSIS
7.
Present a stylistic analysis of the following passage.

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