Introduction To Literary Genres Question Paper

Introduction To Literary Genres

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAM (APRIL SESSION)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
ALT 101:
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY GENRES

DATE: WEDNESDAY, 1ST SEPTEMBER 2010 TIME: 11.00 A.M. - 1.00 P.M.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer FOUR Questions ONLY.
Question ONE is compulsory.
1.
With adequate illustrations, differentiate the following:

a)
Comedy and Tragedy

b)
Prose fiction and Non-fiction prose

c)
Novel and short story
2.
a)
How does literary language differ from ordinary language?

b)
Explain the relationship between literature and society
3.
Using the poem below,

Drought

Heat, all pervading, crinkles up the soil;

A deathly silence numbs the molten air;

On beds of rivers, islands scorched and bare,

Warm scavengers of winds heap up the spoil;

And wide eyed oxen, gaunt and spent with toil,

Huddled together near some shrunken pool?
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Pant for the shade of trees and pastures cool,

Lashing their tails at flies they cannot foil.

Whilst overhead, the sun-god drives his way

Through halting hours of blinding, blazing light,

Until his shining steeds a moment stays

And disappear behind the gates of night

And still, no rain. A cloudless, starlit sky

Watches the veld, and all things droop and die.

Denys Lefebvre (S. Africa)

demonstrate your understanding of the following terms:
i)
Imagery
ii)
Diction
iii)
Rhythm
iv)
Poetic voice
4.
Discuss the six elements of the short story.
5.
Using Shakespeare?s The Taming of the Shrew, illustrate the seven
components of drama.
6.
In an essay, attack or defend this statement: ?Okonkwo is a dynamic
character.?
7.
With reference to Achebe?s Things Fall Apart, explain with illustrations the
following terms?
a) Setting
b) Theme ( central message)
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