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JAMB Topics for Literature-in-English
| BROAD TOPIC | SUB-TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Drama | Types: Tragedy; Comedy; Tragicomedy; Melodrama; Farce; Opera, etc. |
| Prose | Types: Fiction – Novel, Novella/Novelette, Short Story; Non-fiction – Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; Faction (combination of fact and fiction) |
| Poetry | Types: Sonnet, Ode, Lyric, Elegy, Ballad, Panegyric, Epic, Blank Verse; Poetic Devices: Structure, Imagery, Sound (rhyme/rhythm, repetition, pun, onomatopoeia, etc.), Diction, Persona; Appreciation: Thematic preoccupation, Socio-political relevance, Style |
| General Literary Principles | Literary Terms: Foreshadowing, Suspense, Theatre, Monologue, Dialogue, Soliloquy, Symbolism, Protagonist, Antagonist, Figures of Speech, Satire, Stream of Consciousness, etc.; Literary Principles: Direct imitation in play, Versification in drama and poetry, Narration of people’s experiences, Achievement of aesthetic value, etc.; Relationship between Literary Terms and Principles |
| Literary Appreciation | Unseen passages or extracts from Drama, Prose, and Poetry |
| African Drama | Efua Sutherland: Marriage of Anansewa |
| Non-African Drama | William Shakespeare: Anthony and Cleopatra |
| African Prose | Pede Hollist: So the Path Does not Die; Elma Shaw: Redemption Road |
| Non-African Prose | Susanna Bellefeuille: Path of Lucas: The Journey He Endured |
| African Poetry | i. Gabriel Okara: Once Upon a Time ii. Elizabeth L.A. Kamara: New Tongue iii. Wole Soyinka: Night iv. Niyi Osundare: Not my Business v. S.O.H. Afriyie-Vidza: Hungry Garlands vi. Syl Cheney-Coker: The Breast of the Sea |
| Non-African Poetry | i. Lord Byron: She Walks in Beauty ii. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Nun’s Priest Tale (shortened) iii. Fleur Adcock: The Telephone Call iv. Wilfred Wilson Gibson: The Stone |
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