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Alt 402: Drama Question Paper

Alt 402: Drama

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2017

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
ALT 402:DRAMA
DATE: Tuesday 9th May 2017 TIME: 4:30PM-6:30PM

INSTRUCTIONS:
ANSWER ALL THREE QUESTIONS. QUESTION ONE IS COMPULSORY

1.a)Define the term Drama and theater (8 marks)
b)With examples from texts on your course outline, comment on the nature of drama and discuss its evolution from pre-Greek to contemporary times.(18 marks)

2.EITHER
Discuss the tragic elements in Sophocles Kind Oedipus. (26 marks)

OR
It may be argued that in the conflict between Creon and Antigone in Sophocles Antigone, justice is relative;it depends on perspective. Discuss this statement with close reference to the text. (22 marks)

3.EITHER
Shakespeare's Othello may have a strong effect of catharsis on the audience. Discuss. (22 marks)

Explain whether you consider Macbeth more of a victim than a culprit or more a culprit than a victim. (22 marks)

4.EITHER
In what ways is Samuel Becket's Waiting For Godot a good example of absurdist drama? (22marks)

OR
What dramatic techniques espouse Bertolt Brecht's ideas on the purpose and role of drama in
The Good Women of Setzuan? (22marks)
5.EITHER
Discuss the use of traditional African forms of drama in Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel. 22 marks

OR
How are irony and symbolism significant to characterization and meaning in Wole Soyinka's The Swamp Dwellers?

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