East African Poetry And Drama Question Paper
East African Poetry And Drama
Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2010
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE
OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
ALT 201: E.A. POETRY AND DRAMA
DATE: Monday 19th July, 2010
TIME: 2.00 p.m. ? 4.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any 3 questions. You must answer at least ONE question from each section.
SECTION A: POETRY
1.
Illustrating from specific poems studied in this unit, discuss the influence of the oral traditions on E. African Poetry.
2.
Drawing examples from Cook and Rubadiri?s Poems from E. Africa discuss any 3 major themes that have pre-occupied E. African poets.
SECTION B: DRAMA
3.
Referring to Ngugi and Mugo?s The Trial of Dedan Kimathi discuss the concept of heroism in East African drama.
4.
The East African dramatist is pre-occupied with post-colonial themes?. Illustrate the validity of this assertion drawing from any texts read in this unit.
5.
Discuss the influence of culture in the thematic choices of East African playwrights.
6.
Drawing from John Ruganda?s Floods, discuss the symbolic representation of the East African experience in drama.
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