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Litt 0211: Introduction To Theory And Critical Approaches Question Paper
Litt 0211: Introduction To Theory And Critical Approaches
Course:Diploma In Education Arts Literature
Institution: Chuka University question papers
Exam Year:2013
CHUKA
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD OF
DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION ARTS (LITERATURE)
LITT 0211: INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND CRITICAL APPROACHES
STREAMS: DIP (EDUC) Y2S1 TIME: 2 HOURS
DAY/DATE: THURSDAY 15/8/2013 2.30 PM – 4.30 PM
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer Three Questions in All
2. Questions One is Compulsory
1. Using specific examples, discuss how literary theory is useful in literary criticism.
[30 Marks]
2. Examine Plato’s and Aristotle’s ideas of literature and give your opinion concerning them. [20 Marks]
3. What would you consider as the important periods of the development of literature in history of human kind? [20 Marks]
4. With clear illustrations, demonstrate how you would use the feminist approach to analyse a literary text. [20 Marks]
5. Read the following poem carefully and give a critical appreciation. [20 Marks]
The village well
By this well,
Where fresh waters still quietly whisper
As when I
First accompanied mother and filled my baby gourd
By this well
Where many an evening its clean water cleaned me;
This silent well
Dreaded haunt of the long haired Musambwa
Who basked
In the mid-day sun reclining on the rock
Where I now sit
Welling up with many poignant memories
This spot,
Which has rung with the purity of child laughter;
This spot,
Where eye spoke secretly to responding eye;
This spot,
Where hearts pended madly in many a breast;
By this well,
Over-hung by leafy branches of sheltering trees
I first noticed her
I saw her in the cool of a red, red evening.
I say her
As if I had not seen her a thousand times before.
In this well
My eyes asked for love, and my heart went mad,
I stuttered.
And murmured my first words of love
And cupped,
With my hands, the intoxication that were her breasts.
In this well,
In the clear waters of this whispering well,
The silent moon
Witnessed with a smile our inviolate vows,
The kisses
That left us weak and breathless.
It is dark.
It is dark by the well that still whispers
It is darker,
It is utter darkness in the heart that bleeds
By this well,
Where magic has evaporated but memories linger.
Of damp death
The rotting foliage reeks,
And the branches
Are grotesque talons of hungry vultures,
For she is dead.
The one I first loved by this well.
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