Litt 412:African Women In Literature Question Paper
Litt 412:African Women In Literature
Course:Education
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 1ST TRIMESTER 2013 (SCHOOL BASED) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : LITT 412
UNIT TITLE : AFRICAN WOMEN IN LITERATURE
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any three questions
Question One
Explain your understanding of feminism and its application to the study of African women in literature. (20 Marks)
Question Two
Discuss how African traditions have affected the lives of African women as seen in Mariama Ba’s so long a letter. What remedy does the writer suggest? (20 Marks)
Question Three
Discuss the contribution of Kenyan women in the development of East African literature. (20 Marks)
Question Four
Discuss the plight of African women as brought out in two short stories that you have studies in this course. (20 Marks)
Question Five
African women are capable of fighting and overcoming the obstacles they face in society and thus getting the freedom they deserve. Justify this statement with illustration from either MacGoye Oludhe’s "Coming to Birth" or Margaret Ogolla’s "The River and the Source." (20 Marks)
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