GRETSA UNIVERSITY - THIKA

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
JANUARY - APRIL 2021 SEMESTER

DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION (ARTS)

COURSE CODE: LITT 031

COURSE TITLE: EAST AFRICAN LITERATURE - PROSE

DATE: 12 MAY 2021 TIME: 11.30 AM - 2.30 PM

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. SECTION A IS COMPULSORY.
2. SECTION B: ANSWER ANY OTHER THREE QUESTIONS.
3. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS QUESTION PAPER AS IT WILL BE AN EXAM
IRREGULARITY.
4. ALL ROUGH WORK SHOULD BE AT THE BACK OF YOUR ANSWER BOOKLET
AND CROSSED OUT.

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 CAUTION: All exam rooms are under CCTV surveillance during the examination period.
SECTION A: COMPULSORY
QUESTION ONE
a) Explain what you understand with East African Literature [2 Marks]
b) Identify and discuss the major influences behind East Africa Writing of Literature [8 Marks]
c) Identify the images of the Africans as depicted in The Flame Trees of Thika [10 Marks]
d) Identify the distinguishing stylistic features of early East African Prose fiction [10 Marks]
e) Define culture conflict and analyse the conflict depicted in The River Between by Ngugi Wa
Thiongo. [10 Marks]

SECTION B: ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS

QUESTION TWO
a) Highlight themes common to early East African prose fiction [10 Marks]
b) Explain the genesis and process of urbanisation in the East African context [10 Marks]

QUESTION THREE
a) Using relevant texts you have read, identify various relationships featured in East African prose
fiction [10 Marks]
b) Explore the concepts of materialism and immorality as they relate to East African prose fiction.
Give enough illustrations from any read literary text [10 Marks]

QUESTION FOUR
a) Describe some forms of violence which are dealt with in East Africa Prose Fiction. Give enough
illustrations using several texts [10 Marks]
b) Identify the differences which led to open hostilities in East African Prose Fiction [10 Marks]

QUESTION FIVE
a) Discuss some of the prose fiction works that touches on the subject of genocide [10 Marks]
b) Describe some of the emerging themes in East African Prose Fiction [10 Marks]

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