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African Orature And Folklore Question Paper

African Orature And Folklore 

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 1219
UNIT: AFRICAN ORATURE AND FOLKLORE
DATE: DECEMBER 2014 MAIN EXAM TIME: 2 HOURS

Instructions:
Answer Question One and Any Other Two

Question One
a) What is orature
b) What are the functions of orature
c) Explain what folklore entails giving viable examples
d) Express your understanding of oral literature and give illustration using six genres
Question Two

Clearly, with illustrations explain what makes the oral creative texts literature
Question Three

Using any one narrative studied in this course. Highlight at least four aspects of the narrative genre.
Question Four

“Song is not always poetry and poetry is not always song.” Discuss this statement in relation to characteristics of oral poetry.
Question five

What factors does one need to consider when collecting oral literature material






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