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LITERATURE

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

There will be three papers – Papers 1, 2 and 3. Papers 1 and 2 will a composite paper and will be taken at one sitting.

Paper 1 will be a multiple choice objective test. It will contain fifty questions distributed as follows:

(a) Twenty questions on General Knowledge of Literature;

(b) Five questions on an unseen prose passage;

(c) Five questions on an unseen poem;

(d) Twenty context questions on the prescribed Shakespearean text.

Candidates will be required to answer all the questions within 1 hour for 50 marks.

Paper 2 will be an essay test with two sections, Sections A and B.

Section A will be on African Prose and Section B on Non-African Prose.

Two essay questions will be set oneach of the novels prescribed for study.

Candidates shall be required to answer one question only from each section within 1 hour 15 minutes for 50 marks.

Paper 3 will be on the Drama and Poetry components of the syllabus.

It will be put into four sections, Sections A, B. C and D as follows:

Section A: African Drama
Section B: Non-African Drama
Section C: African Poetry
Section D: Non-African Poetry

There shall be two questions on each of the prescribed drama texts for Sections A and B. There shall also be two questions for each of the poetry sections ie Sections C and D.

Candidates shall be required to answer one question from each of the sections, making a total of four questions. The paper will take 2 hours 30 minutes to complete and will carry 100 marks.

Note:

(i) The Unseen Prose passage for Paper 1 shall be about 120 – 150 words long.
(ii) Only context questions shall be set on the Shakespearean text. The context questions will test such items as theme, characterization, style and setting in the Shakespearean text.

(iii) No essay question shall be set on the Shakespearean text.

SET TEXTS FOR 2016 – 2020

African Prose

(1) AmmaDarko – Faceless (2) BayoAdebowale – Lonely Days

Non-African Prose

(1) Richard Wright – Native Son (2) Patience Swift – The Last Goodman

*William Shakespeare:OTHELLO

Non-African Drama

(1) Oliver Goldsmith – She Stoops to conquer (2) Lorraine Hansberry – A Raisin in the Sun

African Drama

(1) Frank Ogodo Ogbeche – Harvest of Corruption (2) Dele Charley – The Blood of a Stranger

African Poetry

(1) Birago Drop – Vanity

(2) Gbemisola Adeoti – Ambush

(3) Gabriel Okara – Piano and Drums

(4) Gbanabam Hallowell – The Dinning Table

(5) Lenrie Peter – The Panic of Growing Older

(6) Kofi Awoonor – The Anvil and the Hammer

Non-African Poetry

(1) Alfred Tennyson – Crossing the Bar

(2) George Herbert – The pulley

(3) William Blake – The School Boy

(4) William Morris – The Proud King

(5) Robert Frost Birches – Birches

(6) William Shakespeare – Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day?

Wishing you SPEED and ACCURACY!

Course Features

  • Lectures 66
  • Quizzes 10
  • Duration 40 minutes
  • Skill level All levels
  • Language English
  • Students 54
  • Assessments Yes
CoursesSSCELiterature In English (SSCE)
  • LITERATURE IN ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS 10

    • Quiz1.1
      2019 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.2
      2018 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.3
      2017 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.4
      2016 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.5
      2015 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.6
      2014 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.7
      2013 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.8
      2012 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.9
      2011 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
    • Quiz1.10
      2010 PAST QUESTIONS 50 questions
  • LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH LESSON NOTE 9

    SSS 1 FIRST TERM

    • Lecture2.1
      Introduction, to literature: definitions, functions and genres of literature 02 hour
    • Lecture2.2
      DRAMA 02 hour
    • Lecture2.3
      INTRODUCTION TO PROSE 02 hour
    • Lecture2.4
      Introduction, types and features to Poetry 02 hour
    • Lecture2.5
      Terms in Literary Appreciation 02 hour
    • Lecture2.6
      THE CONCEPT OF PLOT 02 hour
    • Lecture2.7
      The Concept of Setting 02 hour
    • Lecture2.8
      Concept of Style 02 hour
    • Lecture2.9
      Figures Of Speech 02 hour
  • LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH LESSON NOTE 9

    SSS 1 2ND TERM

    • Lecture3.1
      Background / Author’s Biography, Plot and Setting in Harvest of Corruption 02 hour
    • Lecture3.2
      Subject Matter / Themes, Characterization / Characters 02 hour
    • Lecture3.3
      Literary Devices / Language /Style 02 hour
    • Lecture3.4
      Non-African Poem “The Proud King” by Williams Morries 02 hour
    • Lecture3.5
      THEME/POETIC/LANGUAGE/STYLE. 02 hour
    • Lecture3.6
      Amma Darko’s Faceless; Biography of the author, the background study of the text and the plot, setting, subject matters and themes in the text-Faceless. 02 hour
    • Lecture3.7
      Amma Darko: Characterisation, Literary devices, Language and Style of Amma Darko’s Faceless 02 hour
    • Lecture3.8
      AFRICAN POEM: VANITY- Birago Diop 02 hour
    • Lecture3.9
      THE DINING TABLE by Gbanabom Hallowell 02 hour
  • LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH LESSON NOTE 8

    SSS 1 3RD TERM

    • Lecture4.1
      Background Introduction to the book ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ by Oliver Goldsmith’ 02 hour
    • Lecture4.2
      The Plot and Setting of She Stoops to Conquer 02 hour
    • Lecture4.3
      CHARACTERIZATION / CHARACTER IN SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 02 hour
    • Lecture4.4
      The Biography of Horace Walpole, Background Study, Setting and Plot of ‘The Castle of Otranto. 02 hour
    • Lecture4.5
      The Subject Matter and Themes in ‘The Castle Of Otranto’ 02 hour
    • Lecture4.6
      Characterization, Characters, Literary Devices, Language and Style Used in ‘The Castle of Otranto’. 02 hour
    • Lecture4.7
      The School Boy by William Blake 02 hour
    • Lecture4.8
      ‘The Panic of Growing Older’ by Lenrie Peters; Author’s Biography, Plot, Themes, Poetic Devices, Language and Style. 02 hour
  • SSS 2 FIRST TERM 9

    SSS 2 FIRST TERM

    • Lecture5.1
      Introduction to Lonely Days by Bayo Adebowale (Prose) 02 hour
    • Lecture5.2
      Subject Matter, Themes, Characterization and Characters in The Lonely Days 02 hour
    • Lecture5.3
      Literary Devices, Language and Style of the Author of Lonely Days 02 hour
    • Lecture5.4
      Biography of the Poet/ Background Study of the Poem, Subject Matter, Theme and Plot of the Poem ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’ by William Shakespeare. 02 hour
    • Lecture5.5
      Poetic Devices, Language and Style 02 hour
    • Lecture5.6
      Introduction to Dele Charley’s The Blood of a Stranger’ 02 hour
    • Lecture5.7
      Setting, Subject-Matter and Themes 02 hour
    • Lecture5.8
      Characters/ Characterization, Literary Devices, Language and Style in ‘The Blood of a Stranger’. 02 hour
    • Lecture5.9
      Subject Matter/Plot, Themes, Literary Devices in Alfred Tennyson’s ‘Crossing the Bar’ 02 hour
  • SSS 2 SECOND TERM 9

    SSS 2 2ND TERM

    • Lecture6.1
      Introduction to Native Son by Richard Wright 02 hour
    • Lecture6.2
      Plot and Setting 02 hour
    • Lecture6.3
      Subject Matter/Themes and Characterization 02 hour
    • Lecture6.4
      Literary Devices, Language and Style 02 hour
    • Lecture6.5
      African Poem: Gabriel Okpara’s “The Piano and Drums” 02 hour
    • Lecture6.6
      Non-African Drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry 02 hour
    • Lecture6.7
      The Setting, Subject Matter and the Themes of Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun 02 hour
    • Lecture6.8
      Characterisation, Literary Devices; Language and Style of Raisin in the Sun 02 hour
    • Lecture6.9
      Introduction to the Poem The Pulley by George Herbert 02 hour
  • SSS 2 THIRD TERM 11

    SSS 2 3RD TERM

    • Lecture7.1
      Birches by Robert Frost 02 hour
    • Lecture7.2
      Non-African Poem: Birches by Robert Frost 02 hour
    • Lecture7.3
      Ambush by Gbemisola Adeoti 02 hour
    • Lecture7.4
      Ambush by Gbemisola Adeoti 02 hour
    • Lecture7.5
      Kofi Awoonor’s The Anvil and the Hammer 02 hour
    • Lecture7.6
      Subject-Matter, Themes, Language and Style, Poetic Devices in the Text 02 hour
    • Lecture7.7
      Introduction to Othello by William Shakespeare 02 hour
    • Lecture7.8
      William Shakespeare Othello 02 hour
    • Lecture7.9
      Othello: A Shakespeare Play 02 hour
    • Lecture7.10
      Setting; Physical, Social, Religion, Political 02 hour
    • Lecture7.11
      Literary Devices in the text “Othello”. 02 hour
  • SSS 3 FIRST TERM 9

    SSS 3 1ST TERM

    • Lecture8.1
      REVISION OF OTHELLO, A SHAKESPEARIAN PLAY 02 hour
    • Lecture8.2
      OTHELLO: A SHAKESPEARE PLAY 02 hour
    • Lecture8.3
      SETTING; PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, RELIGION, POLITICAL/LITERARY DEVICES 02 hour
    • Lecture8.4
      LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN THE TEXT “OTHELLO”. 02 hour
    • Lecture8.5
      LITERARY APPRECIATION 02 hour
    • Lecture8.6
      UNSEEN DRAMA 02 hour
    • Lecture8.7
      UNSEEN PROSE 02 hour
    • Lecture8.8
      UNSEEN POETRY 02 hour
    • Lecture8.9
      REVISION QUESTIONS ON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE 02 hour
  • SSS 3 SECOND TERM 2

    SSS 3 2ND TERM

    • Lecture9.1
      PAST QUESTIONS ON GENERAL LITERARY WORK 02 hour
    • Lecture9.2
      PAST QUESTIONS ON STUDIED PROSE TEXTS 02 hour
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