Ali 405: The Biographical Form Question Paper
Ali 405: The Biographical Form
Course:Bachelor Education Arts
Institution: Maseno University question papers
Exam Year:2016
MASENO UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017
FOURTH YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS WITH
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MAIN CAMPUS
ALI 405: THE BIOGRAPHICAL FORM
Date: 3rd December, 2016 Time: 12:00 - 3:00 pm
INSTRUCTIONS:
.Answer Question ONE(Compulsory) and any other TWO
.Avoid duplication of material in answer to more than one question
.Desist from writing any rough work on the question paper
.Familiarize yourself with the instructions given on your booklet
.A lot of importance is attached to accuracy of grammar and clarity of expression.
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Q 1. Compulsory
Using at least TWO texts studied in this course, discuss the therapeutic value of an autobiographical work of Art. (30 marks)
2. Yusuf Dawood's Nothing but the Truth: the Life of a surgeon with Four Wives, is a testimony of a fulfilled life. Discuss. (20 marks)
3. Drawing from Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom and Raila Odinga's Flames of Freedom, examine the place of fiction in autobiography. (20 marks)
4. Discuss six literary strategies used in any two texts studied in this course and show their literary merits. (20 marks)
5. With reference to Wangari Maathai's Unbowed and Hillary Clinton's Living History, examine depiction of the emerging new woman in literature. (20 marks)
6. Relate the motive to the epoch, the author to the boundaries, in discussing Fredrick Douglas's Autobiography. (20 marks)
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