East African Prose Fiction Question Paper

East African Prose Fiction

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING (IOL)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

ALT 200: EAST AFRICAN PROSE FICTION

DATE:
Saturday 20th February 2010

TIME: 2.00p.m ? 4.00p.m

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer 3 questions. Question one is compulsory.
Choose either Question 1 a or Question 1 b

Either
1.
a)
With reference to any two short stories in the Winner and Omen Stories,

discuss the main issues the genre responds to in the East African region.

[24marks]

Or

b)
Considering what should make one an East African Prose writer, develop

a case or against any ONE of the following writers whose works you have

studied in this course.

[24marks]

2.
Patriarchy has been supported by both traditional and contemporary cultural

practice. Discuss the specific ways in which this is demonstrated in Elieshi

Lema?s Patched Earth.

[23marks]
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3.
Discuss Karooro Okurut?s treatment of H.I.V AIDS Scourge in The Invisible

Weevil.

[23marks]

4.
Discuss the theme of identity in The Child of a Delegate.

5.
?Meja Mwangi focuses on things that go unnoticed. He depicts a world that is

characterized with dehumanization, moral decadence, isolation and loneliness?.

Discuss this statement with particular reference to Going Down River Road.

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