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Litt 211: Language Use And Description In Literature Question Paper
Litt 211: Language Use And Description In Literature
Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts
Institution: Chuka University question papers
Exam Year:2013
CHUKA
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
SECOND YEAR EXAMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ARTS)
LITT 211: LANGUAGE USE AND DESCRIPTION IN LITERATURE
STREAMS: BED (ARTS) Y2S1 TIME: 2 HOURS
DAY/DATE: WEDNESDAY 24/4/2013 2.30 PM – 4.30 PM
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer questions one (compulsory) and any other two.
1. With close reference to any two (2) creative works covered in this course, assess the significance of stylo-rhetoric devices used in the texts. [30 Marks]
2. With clear illustrations from literary texts, identify and explain four levels of style in literature. [20 Marks]
3. Assess the relationship between language and meaning in literature. Give elaborate illustrations from any novel covered in this course. [20 Marks]
4. Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
Introduction
Perhaps it was his Ugil shirt- 1
The missing button
The unassertive collar;
Perhaps it was his knotty hair
That boasted little acquaintance with the comb; 5
Or maybe it was his usualness
-One more impersonal handshake
Along the constant street –
That induced the functional smile
And operated the mechanical handshake. 10
His name didn’t help either;
Mugabo Mugenge – you’d hear the name
In the Out-patient’s attendance queue;
Not in the current Telephone directory!
You certainly needed prompting. 15
I said he was an old time friend
But you continued to wave to passing cars;
I added that he was a high placed man
And you promptly took your cue
-‘A University teacher, author of several works’- 20
‘RE-E-E-ally? Er-Um-Oh!...’
And you become word and emotion perfect.
Like dog that mistakes thief for visitor
And remembers to bark at his master’s coughing,
You renewed and pumped the handshake 25
-reshaped your mouth to a proper smile
-Recalled his famous public talk
That observed, thoughtfully,
How unlike his photographs he looked. 30
You were tuned –
Delved deep into his latest novel
And wondered why his main characters
Do not walk on the solid earth
You’d have rambled on, no longer looking at him,
But he quipped:
‘They are in good company.’
And was about to add when you knowledgeably interrupted
‘Society is a market stall 40
And men goods on display
Where the label is more important than the labeled
And price more fascinating than the value.’
We parted, hoping to meet again.
You went away rehearsing his name
But probably unremembering his face.
RICHARD NTIRU
(i) Explain the use of irony in the poem. [4 Marks]
(ii) What is the poem’s meaning? Explain clearly linking the poem to your contemporary experience. [6 Marks]
(iii) Identify and explain the significance of four stylistic features used in the poem.
[8 Marks]
(iv) Explain the meaning of the last line. [2 Marks]
5. By use of elaborate illustrations form any play covered in this course, explain five characteristics of literary language. [20 Marks]
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