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Introduction To East African Oral Literature Question Paper

Introduction To East African Oral Literature 

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION AND
BACHELOR OF ARTS
ALT 102: INTRODUCTION TO EAST AFRICAN ORAL LITERATURE

DATE: Wednesday, 12th March, 2008 TIME: 3.30 p.m. ? 5.30 p.m.





Instructions to candidates:

Answer any THREE questions only.
Clarity in presentation of ideas will be rewarded.
Avoid duplication of materials.


1. With appropriate illustrations discuss what you consider to be the significance of oral
literature in society?

2. Demonstrate the centrality of performance in the study of oral literature.

3. Write an oral narrative from your community in English translation then analyse it in
terms of characters themes and style.

4. Deriving your examples from specific texts, show the relationship between written
Literature and Oral Literature.

5. What aspects of gender relations do you find in the Oral Literature of your
community?

6. Basing your answers on a contemporary political songs, discuss how poetry can be
used for political mobilization.

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