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Creative Writing In Drama Question Paper
Creative Writing In Drama
Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2010
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (IBP) AUGUST SESSION
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
MAL 513: CREATIVE WRITING IN DRAMA
DATE: WEDNESDAY, 29TH DECEMBER 2010
TIME: 2.00 P.M ? 5.00 P.M
INSTRUCTIONS:
? Answer Question ONE (1) and any other THREE (3) Questions
? Avoid duplication of materials.
? Question ONE is Compulsory
Q.1)
EITHER
(a)
Writers can no more be produced by schools than a geneticist can grow extra fingers on human hands? (Marc Connelly: ?The playwright??). Argue for the truth or falsehood of this statement, basing your argument on your experience in this course (25 marks)
OR
(b)
What are the distinguishing features of a DRAMA? How did this understanding help you as a creative writer? (25 marks)
Q.2)
An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the reader to abide with or adjust to ambiguity and uncertainty. Discuss the ending of a play of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely summarize the plot. (15 marks)
Q.3)
Unlike the novelist, the writer of a play does not use his own voice and only rarely uses a narrator?s voice to guide the audience?s responses to character and action. Select a play you have read and discuss the techniques the playwright uses to guide his audience?s response to the central characters and the action. Support your argument with specific references to the play. Do not give a plot summary. (15 marks)
Q.4)
This question asks you to construct a dramatic ensemble performance in a non- naturalistic style.
Scenario
A Community meeting has been called in a town called ?Dryasdust? to discuss the use of recycled waste water to supplement the town?s dwindling water supply. Something unexpected happens during the meeting that impacts on the people in the community and\\ changes the outcome of the meeting
Characters
A Scientist from the water commission
The mayor of the town of ?Dryasdust?
A local citizen with strong views on the issue
A politician
A Journalist
A Stranger
Select four of the characters listed above as your focus in the play. Write a brief plot outline. The plot must.
i)
Describe the character
ii)
Describe the behaviour of the character at the community meeting.
iii)
Explain the nature of the unexpected event
iv)
Describe the characters attitude to the use of recycled water (15 marks)
Q.5)
With illustration, discuss the importance of irony and peripety in drama. (15 marks)
Q.6)
Describe a story idea in two paragraphs. Decide how you would divide it into acts and scenes and give reasons for your decision.
Q.7)
What is a character biography chart and why is it important in playwriting? (15 marks)
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