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Litt 0212: East African Poetry And Drama Question Paper

Litt 0212: East African Poetry And Drama

Course:Diploma In Education Arts

Institution: Chuka University question papers

Exam Year:2013

CHUKA

UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
SECOND YEAR EXAMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION (ARTS)
LITT 0212: EAST AFRICAN POETRY AND DRAMA
STREAMS: DIP (EDUC) Y2S1 TIME: 2 HOURS
DAY/DATE: TUESDAY 23/4/2013 2.30 PM – 4.30 PM
INSTRUCTIONS:

Answer one question from section A and two questions from section B.

SECTION A (POETRY)

1. With reference to any FOUR poems form the East African region, discuss what influences East African poets in their creative output. [30 Marks]

2. Make a critical appreciation of the poem below, bearing in mind:

(a) Subject matter [15 Marks]

(b) Significant poetic devices. [15 Marks]

A leopard Lives in a Muu Tree by Jonathan kariara.
A leopard lives in a Muu tree
Watching my home
My lambs are born specked
My wives tie their skirts tight
And turn away –
Fearing mottled offspring.
They bathe when the moon Is high
Soft and fecund
Splash cold mountain stream water on their nipples
Drop their skin skirts and call obscenities.
I’m besieged
I shall have to cut down the Muu tree
I’m besieged
I walk about stiff
Stroking my loins
A leopard lives outside my homestead
Watching my women
I have called him elder, the one-from-the-same-womb
He peers at me with slit eyes
His head held high
My sword has rusted in the scabbard.
My wives purse their lips
When owls call for mating
I’m besieged
They fetch cold mountain water
They crush the sugar cane
But refuse to touch by beer horn.
My fences are broken
My medicine bags are torn
The hair in my loins is singed
The upright post at the gate has fallen
When women are frisky
The leopard arches over my homestead
Eats my lambs
Resuscitating himself.

SECTION B

3. Evaluate the relevance of The Burning of Rags or The successor by Francis Imbuga to the modern East African society. [20 Marks]

4. Identify and discuss Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Ngugi wa Mirii’s dramatic style in the play, I will Marry when I Want. [20 Marks]

5. Discuss five (5) major issues raised in The Floods by john Ruganda showing how these issues are relevant to the East African Society. [20 Marks]

6. Discuss the treatment of history in one of the following plays: [20 Marks]

(a) The Trial of Dedan Kimathi by Ngugi wa Thiong’o and micere Mugo
(b) Kinjeketile by Ebrahim Hussein
(c) Lwanda magere by Okoit Omtatah.

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Litt 0212: East African Poetry And Drama Question Paper

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