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East African Literature Question Paper

East African Literature

Course:Bachelor In Education

Institution: Mount Kenya University question papers

Exam Year:2015

MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2014/2015
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ARTS)
SCHOOL BASED

UNIT CODE: BLA 2105
UNIT: EAST AFRICAN LITERATURE
DATE: AUGUST 2015 MAIN EXAM TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO
1.a) What are the remarkable features of East African Literature (5 marks)
b) What characterized East African literature in the following phases:
i) Colonial phase (3 marks)
ii) Post independence era (3 marks)
iii) Historical perspective era (3 marks)
c) Identify any four short forms of genres of oral literature found
in East Africa (4 marks)
d) Briefly explain what is meant by the Marxist approach toast African
literature (5 marks)
e) Define East African poetry (4 marks)
f) Using an illustration, explain what is meant by historical allusions
as used in East African Literature (4 marks)
2. a)Discuss the contributions of Ngugi wa Thiong’o to East African Literature (10 marks)
b) Using examples, discuss three thematic concerns of East African poets (10 marks)
3. Discuss the symbolism of characters in Francis Imbuga’s “Aminata” or any
other playwright in East Africa (20 marks)
4. a) Discuss the factors that affected East African Literature between
1980-19990’s (10 marks)
b) Using any novel/play by an East African writer, discuss the stylistic
devices used (10 marks)

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