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Introduction To Literary Genre Question Paper

Introduction To Literary Genre

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 EDUCATION AND BACHELOR OF ARTS

ALT 101: INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY GENRE

DATE: _Thursday 27th November 2008_____________TIME: 11.00am-1.00pm
Instructions: Answer any THREE questions

1.
What is literature and why, in your view, would you consider it important to study literature?
2.
Either:
a)
Select any two short stories from V. Kibera?s An Anthology of E.A. Short Stories or Encounter from Africa and discuss any three major themes they deal with.
Or
b)
Discuss the characteristics of the Short Story, referring to at least three Short Stories from Encounter from Africa or An Anthology of E.A. Short Stories.
Or
Either
3.
a)
With any four poems from A.D. Amateshe?s An Anthology of E.A. Poetry and Poems from E.A. by D. Cook & D. Rubadiri, demonstrate how they justify the genre of Poetry.
Or
b)
Explicate the Poem below. (see I speak for the bush)
4.
As an example of genre of prose, discuss the relevance of Chinua Achebe?s Things Fall Apart to an African Student.
5.
Discuss the relevance of Oral Literature in Society.
Either
6.
a)
With reference to texts studied in this unit, discuss the elements of prose.
Or
b)
Discuss the major similarities between one novel an one other short story discussed in this unit.
Either
7.
a)
Referring closely to Shakespeare?s Much Ado About Nothing, discus the elements of drama.
Or
b)
Define in your own words what you understand by the term drama Discuss with reference to language use in Imbuga?s The Successor.

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