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Litt 111: Introduction To Literary Criticism Question Paper
Litt 111: Introduction To Literary Criticism
Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts
Institution: Chuka University question papers
Exam Year:2013
CHUKA
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
IGEMBE CAMPUS
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
LITT 111: INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM
STREAMS: TIME: 2 HOURS
DAY/DATE: WEDNESDAY 17/4/2013 2.30 PM – 4.30 PM
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question one and any two others.
1. With clear illustrations, discuss how characterization helps to bring out the message in a text. [30 Marks]
2. Critically analyse five components of a novel with specific examples. [20 Marks]
3. What is the significance of conflict in the overall aesthetic achievement of a literary text? Illustrate your answer. [20 Marks]
4. Using clear examples explain how the Title, setting context may contribute to your understanding of poetry. [20 Marks]
5. Make a critical analysis of the poem below, showing the relationship between form and content. [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
Dreaded haunt of the long haired Musambwa,
Who basked
In the mid-day sun reclining on the rock
Where I now sit
Welling up 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 pounded 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 saw her
As if I had not seen her a thousand times before.
By 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 b 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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