Critical Reading And Response Question Paper

Critical Reading And Response

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

ALT 100: CRITICAL READING AND RESPONSE

DATE: __TUESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2008____ TIME: 8.00 A.M. ? 10.00 A.M.
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any THREE questions.
Q1.
With illustrations from at least two texts you have studied in this course, explain
the meaning of the term ?critical reading and response?.

Q2.
Discuss the relevance of the title of
Either: An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
Or: I Will Marry when I Want by Ngugi wa Thiong?o and Ngugi wa Mirii

Q3.
Answer either (a) or (b)
(a)
Give a critical analysis of a short story of your choice from Encounters
from Africa.
(b)
The stories ?A Grain of Sorghum? and ?Crossmatch? present female
experiences from totally different perspectives. Do you agree?

Q4.
State and discuss any three themes in
Either: Chinua Achebe?s A Man of the People.
Or: Gorge Orwell?s ?A Hanging?.
Q5.
Discuss how the use of language and images helps us to decipher the meaning in
either The Red Velvet Dress or Maya angelou?s ?Momma, the Dentist and Me?.
Q6.
Discuss Chris Van Wyk?s worldview in the story ?Magic?. Has it any relevance
to your world?

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Q7.
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:

To Be A Woman

Having been born a woman
Means placing your body at the service of others
Giving your time to others
Thinking only in terms of others

Having been born a woman
Means that your body is not yours
Your time is not yours
Your thoughts do not belong to you.

You must swim against all currents,
Rebel, fight and scream
Until you can push the boulders apart
And slip out through the crack,
Destroying the draw bridge, tearing down the walls.
Until you have liberated yourself
From the nothingness you will only conquer
With your woman?s voice, your verb.

Daisy Zamora
(a)
What is the tone of the poem?
(b)
Explain the characteristics of the persona in the poem.
(c)
What is the conflict in the poem?
Q8.
With illustrations from texts studied in this unit, show your understanding of any
FIVE (5) of the following literary terms:
(i)
Irony
(ii)
Satire
(iii)
Sarcasm
(iv)
Narrative voice
(v)
Symbolism
(vi)
Metaphor

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