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African Literature Question Paper

African Literature

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF ARTS

ALT 401:
AFRICAN LITERATURE

DATE: TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST, 2009 TIME: 2.00P.M-4.00P.M
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer any three (3) Questions Only. There are 12 question in all.
Q1. Either
a)
Women, like colonized subjects, have been relegated to the position of other, colonized by various forms of patriarchal domination. They thus share with colonized races culture an intimate experience of the politics of oppression?. Using examples from Tewfik Al Hakim?s Fate of a cockroach, discuss this statement showing how women have tried to fight for their freedom.
OR
b) Fate of a cockroach is a satirical indictment of the entire Arab communitys refusal to accept social change. Discuss this statement in relation to the treatment of female characters in the play.
Q2.
Either
(a) Select any one Poem from East Africa and analyse it according to the following criteria :
a) Themes
b)Imagery
c)Social Vision
OR
(b) Argue for against the theme of Negritude in the poems studied in this unit.

Q3. Critically discuss the use of folkloristic materials in The Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi. How successful is the author using this style to communicate major themes in the play?

Q4. Critically discuss the theme of love in Nadine Gorfimer?s ?Country Lovers?. What strategies has the author used to bring out this theme in the story?

Q5. Discuss the following characters showing how the author has used them to bring out the major themes in The Marriage of Anansewa.
a)
Ananse
b)
Anansewa
c)
Christie
Q6.
Either
a) Majangwa is a statement of how African Communities have neglected the elderly?. Do you agree with statement ? If so , who has been neglected ? How does Serumaga present this neglect so the reader is deeply affected?
OR
b) How has Serumaga presented the character of Mutimukulu? Is this the
best way this character could be presented ?

Q7. With specific illustration from the text, examine five major themes that Alex La Guma addresses in his novel In the Fog of the Season?s End

Q8. What would you consider to be the factors that contribute to Ezeulu?s tragic end in Arrow of God

Q9. Compare and contrast the characters of Kemson, Oyo and the Man In The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Armah.

Q10. How realistic is Alex La Guma?s presentation of apartheid in South Africa?

Q11. Raja and Bongo represents two world views? Discuss basing on Francis Imbuga?s Game of Silence.

Q12. Is Alifa Rifaat a biased writer in her three selected short stories?

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