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Lite 310: Stylistics Question Paper

Lite 310: Stylistics

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2012

KABARAK
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2011/2012 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS

LITE 310: STYLISTICS
DAY: WEDNESDAY

DATE: 15/08/2012
TIME: 2.00 – 4.00 A.M.

STREAM: Y3S1
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer THREE questions in total. Question 1 is compulsory.
2. Credit will be given for illustrations not discussed in class.

Qn. 1
i. Define the term foregrounding and explain its significance in literature.

(5 marks)
ii. Comment on the following aspects of deviation:
• Grammatical deviation
• Lexical deviation
• Semantic deviation
• Structural deviation
• Reference deviation

(5 marks each, total 25 marks)

Qn. 2 Discuss with examples the use of figurative language in literature.
Qn.3 Explain the following terms in stylistics:
i. Register

(7 marks)
ii.
Dialect

(7 marks)
iii.
Diction

(6 marks)
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Qn. 4 Explain what is meant by the following terms in stylistics:
i. Point of view
ii. First person narrator
iii. Omniscient narrator
iv. Limited omniscient narrator.

(20 marks)

Qn. 5
a) Outline the historical development of stylistics as a discipline by focusing

on the contributions of the following:
i. Ancient Greek Poetics

(4 marks)
ii. I.A? Richards’ School of Practical Criticism

(4 marks)
iii. Prague School of Linguistics

(4 marks)
iv. American New Criticism

(4 marks)
b) Explain the relationship between language and literature.

(4 marks)

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