Lite 210: East African Prose Question Paper
Lite 210: East African Prose
Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2010
COURSE CODE: LITE 210
COURSE TITLE: EAST AFRICAN PROSE
STREAM: SESSION II
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer any THREE questions
1. Identify and discuss the major themes of East African prose.
2. In what ways can “Gentle man of the Jungle be said to be an anti-colonial narrative?
3. Focusing on the oral elements in “Gentleman of the Jungle” Discuss the short story as a
transitional text between orality and literacy.
4. “Man is born to die again” Discuss the appropriateness of this statement referring closely to the
character of Mugo, Mumbi and Gikunyo.
5. “Irony is the appropriate style for telling complex and contested histories.” Referring closely to A
Grain of Wheat discuss the accuracy of this statement.
6. Discuss the representation of the past in petals of Blood.
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