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Stylistic And Literary Techniques Question Paper

Stylistic And Literary Techniques

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING (IOL)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION
ALT 300:
STYLISTICS AND LITERARY TECHNIQUES

DATE: Thursday, 3rd February, 2011

TIME: 11.00 a.m. ? 1.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any THREE questions. Do not use the same material more than once.
QUESTION ONE IS COMPULSORY.

1.
Choose FOUR of the following terms and explain what they mean with the use of clear examples.
(a)
Absurdity
(b)
Irony
(c)
Symbolism
(d)
Foregrounding
(e)
Semantic redundancy
(26 marks)
2.
Drawing examples from any literary works you have studied, explain what you understand by Rhetoric?? (22 marks)
3.
Using any ONE text of your choice, discuss FOUR stylistic features that contribute to its success as a literary work. (22 marks)
4.
With the use of examples from texts covered in this course, explain the relationship between form and content. (22 marks)
5.
Outline the various types of deviations and discuss how deviation is significant in the writing of a literary work. (22 marks)
6.
Give a comprehensive critical analysis of the following poem. (22 marks)

THE FLESH AN D THE SPIRIT
In secret place where once I stood
Close by the banks of Lacrim flood,
I heard two sisters reason on
Things that are past and things to come;
One flesh was called, who had her eye
On worldly wealth and vanity;
The other Spirit, who did rear
Her thoughts unto a higher sphere;
Sister, quoth Flesh, what liv?st thou on,
Nothing but meditation?
Doth contemplation feed you so
Regardlessly to let earth go?
Can speculation satisfy
Notion without reality?
Doth dream of things beyond the moon
And does thou hope to dwell there soon?
Hast treasures there laid up in store
That all in the? world thou count?st but poor
Art fancy sick, or turned a sot
To catch at shadows which are not?
Come, come, I?ll show unto thy sense
Industry hath its recompense.
What can?st desire, but thou may?st see
True substance in variety?
Dost honour like? Acquire the same
As some to their immortal fame,
And trophies to thy name erect
Which wearing time shall ne?er deject.
For riches dost thou long full sore?
Behold enough of precious store,
Earth hath more silver, pearls, and gold,
Than eyes can see or hands hold.
Affect?st thou pleasure? Take thy fill.
Earth hath enough of what you will.
Then let not go, what thou may?st find\\
For things unknown, only in mind.
Spirit: Be still, thou unregenerate part,
Disturb no more my settled heart,
For I have vowed (and so will do)
Thee as a foe still to pursue.
And combat with thee will and must,
Until I see thee laid in th? dust.
Sisters we are, yea, twins we be,
Yet deadly feud twixt thee and me;
For from one father are we not,
Thou by old Adam was begot,
But my arise was from above,
Whence my dear Father I do love.
Thou speak?st me fair, but hat?st me sore,
Thy flatt?ring shows I?ll trust no more.
How oft thy slave, hast thou me made,
When I believed what thou hast said,
And never had more cause of woe
Than when I did what thou bad?st me do.
I?ll stop mine ears at these thy charms,
And count them for my deadly harms.
Thy sinful pleasures I do hate,
Thy riches are to me no bait,
Thy honours do, nor will I love;
For my ambition lies above.
My greatest honour it shall be
When I am victor over thee,
And triumph shall with laurel head,
When thou my captive shall be led,
How I do live, thou need?st not scoff,
For I have meat thou know?st not of;
The hidden manner I do eat,
The word of life it is my meat.
My thoughts do yield me more content
Than can thy hours in pleasure spent.
Nor are they shadows which I catch,
Nor fancies vain at which I snatch,
But reach at things that are so high,
Beyond thy dull capacity;
Eternal substance I do see,
With which enriched I would be.
Mine eye doth pierce the heavens and see
What is invisible to thee.
My garments are not silk nor gold,
Nor such like trash which earth doth hold,
But royal robes I shall have on,
More glorious than the glittering sun;
My crown not diamonds, pearls, and gold,
But such as angels? heads enfold.
The city where I hope to dwell,
There?s none on earth can parallel;
The stately wall both high and strong,
Are made of precious jasper stone;
The gates of pearl, both rich and clear,
The angels are for porters there;
The streets thereof transparent fold,
Such as no eye did e?re behold;
A crystal river there doth run,
Which doth proceed from the Lamb?s throne.
Of life, there are the waters sure,
Which shall remain forever pure,
Nor sun, nor moon, they have no need,
For glory doth from God proceed.
No candle there, nor yet torchlight,
For there shall be no darksome night.
From sickness and infirmity
For ever they shall be free;
Nor withering age shall e?er come there,
But beauty shall be bright and clear;
This city pure is not for thee,
For things unclean there shall not be.
If I of heaven may have my fill,
Take thou the world and all that will.
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