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Litt 222: Literary Stylistics Question Paper

Litt 222: Literary Stylistics

Course:Education

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 1ST TRIMESTER 2013 (SCHOOL BASED) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : LITT 222
UNIT TITLE : LITERARY STYLISTICS
TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any three questions
Question One
Explain briefly what you understand by the term style.
(4 Marks)

Explain each of the following;
(16 Marks)
Style as choice
Style as deviation
Style as conformity
Style as time/period
Question Two
Explain the term ’stylistics’
(4 Marks)

Describe three features of a text that stylistics looks at
(16 Marks)
Question Three
Distinguish between denotation and connotation.
(5 Marks)

Mention and explain at least three lexical relations and carry out a lexico-semantic analysis of a text of your choice
(15 Marks)
Question Four
Discuss the significance of the following in literature
Semantic redundancy
(10 Marks)
Semantic absurdity
(10 Marks)
Question five
Explain the concepts ’cohesion’ and ’coherence.’
(5 Marks)

Describe, using examples how the concepts in (a) above are achieved in a text.
(15 Marks)

Litt 222: Literary Stylistics Question Paper

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