Clt 104: Theories And Concepts Of Oral Literature Question Paper
Clt 104: Theories And Concepts Of Oral Literature
Course:Bachelor Of Education (Arts)
Institution: South Eastern Kenya University question papers
Exam Year:2016
SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2015/2016
MAY-AUGUST 2016 (PRACTICUM) SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR
THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ARTS)
CLT 104: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF ORAL LITERATURE
DATE: 17TH AUGUST, 2016 TIME: 8.30 – 10.30 AM
Answer three Questions only. Question ONE is compulsory
a. Define and explain the centrality of each of the following terms in the study of
oral literature. (15 marks)
i. Theory
ii. Oral artist
iii. Culture
iv. Performance
v. Oracy
b. “Oral literature is a living art.” Discuss. (15 marks)
2. Discuss the centrality of performance in the song and the riddle. (20marks)
3. Explain the tenets of the narrator based approach or the feminist approach in the study of
oral literature. (20 marks)
4. What are the benefits of the ethno methodological approach in orature scholarship?
(20 marks)
5. Discuss the weaknesses of any two theories by early European scholars of Oral literature
in Africa. (20 marks)
6. a). Explore the centrality of the audience in oral performance. (10marks)
b). Explain the verbal and non-verbal cues that an oral artist should employ in
performance of oral literature. (10marks)
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