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This JAMB syllabus for Literature is to prepare you for the JAMB exam that will test your knowledge in the following Literature topics:
1. Drama
- Types:
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Melodrama
- Farce
- Opera etc.
- Dramatic Techniques
- Characterization
- Dialogue
- Flashback
- Mime
- Costume
- Music / Dance
- Décor / scenery
- Acts / Scenes
- Soliloquy / aside
- Figures of Speech etc.
- Interpretation of the Prescribed Texts
- Theme
- Plot
- Socio-political context
- Setting
2. Prose
- Types:
- Fiction
- Novel
- Novella/Novelette
- Short story
- Non-fiction
- Biography
- Autobiography
- Memoir
- Faction: combination of fact and fiction
- Fiction
- Narrative Techniques/Devices:
- Point of view
- Omniscient/Third Person
- First Person
- Characterisation
- Round,
- flat,
- foil,
- hero,
- antihero, etc.
- Language
- Point of view
- Textual Analysis
- Theme
- Plot
- Setting (Temporal/Spatial)
- Socio-political context
3. Poetry
- Types:
- Sonnet
- Ode
- Lyrics
- Elegy
- Ballad
- Panegyric
- Epic
- Blank Verse, etc.
- Poetic devices
- Structure
- Imagery
- Sound (Rhyme / Rhythm, repetition, pun, onomatopoeia, etc.)
- Diction
- Persona
- Appreciation
- Thematic preoccupation
- Socio-political relevance
- Style.
4. General Literary Principles
- Literary terms:
- foreshadowing,
- suspense,
- theatre,
- monologue,
- dialogue,
- soliloquy,
- symbolism,
- protagonist,
- antagonist,
- figures of speech,
- satire,
- stream of consciousness, etc., in addition to those listed above under the different genres.
- 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.
5. Literary Appreciation
- Unseen passages / extracts from Drama, Prose and Poetry.
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