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Lit 200: Literary Theory And Application Question Paper

Lit 200: Literary Theory And Application

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Masinde Muliro University Of Science And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2015

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MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(MMUST)
MAIN CAMPUS/ MUMIAS
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR
SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ARTS)
COURSE CODE: LIT 200
COURSE TITLE: LITERARY THEORY AND APPLICATION
DATE: MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER, 2015 TIME: 4.00 PM – 7.00 PM

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
Answer Question ONE and any OTHER TWO questions

This paper consists of two(2) pages. Please turn over
MMUST observes ZERO tolerance to examination cheating

a) What is literary theory? (3marks)
b) Explain the relationship between literature, literary theory and literary criticism (6marks)
c) Outline any FOUR functions of theory in the study of literary texts (8 marks)
d) Distinguish between the historical/biographical and moral/philosophical approaches to literary criticism (6marks)
e) What are key arguments of the New Criticism movement?
How relevant is the movement to the study of literature today (7marks)
Critically examine the main elements of tragedy as postulated by Aristotle’s Poetics. Do you think his view s are relevant in the critique of Wole Soyinka’s The Trials Of Brother Jero? (20 marks)
Discuss the main tenets of EITHER Romanticism OR Realism as literary movements (20 marks)
What, in your view, are the strengths and weaknesses of Russian Formalism and Structuralism as literary theories? (20 marks)
Referring to the key arguments of Marxism attempt a literary appreciation of either Ngugi Wa Thiong’o And Ngugi Wa Mirii’s I Will Marry When I Want or George Orwell’s Animal Farm. (20 marks)
Relying on the views of any TWO feminist theorists examine the gender perspectives and feminist themes portrayed in Margaret Ogola’s The River And The Source Or Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys Of Motherhood (20 Marks)
With reference to Sigmund Freud outline the key components of psychoanalytic theory and its relevance to the study of one specific literary text of your choice. (20 marks)
Discuss the major principles of deconstructive criticism as formulated by Jacques Derrida its relevance to literary criticism

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