Literary Aesthetics Question Paper

Literary Aesthetics

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

ALT 400: LITERARY AESTHETICS

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DATE: Thursday 29th April, 2010

TIME: 4.30 p.m ? 6.30 p.m

INSTRUCTIONS
a)
Answer any THREE Questions.
b)
Avoid duplication of material

SECTION A

1.
Contrast Plato?s ideas in The Republic on the nature and function of Literature
with those of Aristotle in Poetics.
2.
Aristotle discusses the nature of Tragedy at great length in his Poetics. Critically
respond to some of his views within the context of any of the texts studied in this
course.
3.
?Literature and politics are incompatible.? Relating your to the concept of the
aesthetic ideal, explain what is meant by the embodiment of morality in Literary
works. Illustrate from any texts of your choice.
4.
Of what aesthetic value is either China Achebe?s Things Fall Apart or John
Ruganda?s Shreds of Tenderness?
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5.
? Although Literature inevitably bears prints of time and place, its essence is
universal?. Relating to any texts studies in this course, discuss the relationship
between the particular and the universal in Literature.
6.
? The Primary criticism of African art must come from Africans using African
standards?. Discuss the validity of this statement.
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