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CHL821S - CHILDRENS LITERATURE - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2022 |
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nAmI BI AunIVE RSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF ENGLISHAND LINGUISTICSHONOURS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BENH
LEVEL: 8
COURSE: CHILDREN'SLITERATURE
SESSION: NOVEMBER 2022
COURSE CODE: CHL821S
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 75
EXAMINER
MODERATOR
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
DR A. HAUTEMO
DR N. MLAMBO
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer THREE questions.
2. Section A is compulsory and as such you are all expected to answer the
question posed in there.
3. Section B is optional and as such you are expected to answer any TWO
questions.
4. Write clearly and neatly.
5. Number the answers clearly.
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES
(Including this front page)
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SECTION A: COMPULSORY QUESTION
[25 MARKS]
This section consists of ONE question which is compulsory for everyone.
QUESTION 1
[25 MARKS]
Read the three short stories below and answer the question that follows:
THE WIND AND THE SUN
Once the Wind and the Sun had an argument. "I am stronger than you," said the Wind. "No,
you are not," said the Sun. Just at that moment they saw a traveler walking across the road.
He was wrapped in a shawl. The Sun and the Wind agreed that whoever could separate the
traveller from his shawl was stronger.
The Wind took the first turn. He blew with all his might to tear the traveller's shawl from his
shoulders. But the harder he blew, the tighter the traveller gripped the shawl to his body. The
struggle went on till the Wind's turn was over.
Now it was the Sun's turn. The Sun smiled warmly. The traveller felt the warmth of the smiling
Sun. Soon he let the shawl fall open. The Sun's smile grew warmer and warmer ... hotter and
hotter. Now the traveller no longer needed his shawl. He took it off and dropped it on the
ground. The Sun was declared stronger than the Wind.
MOTHER'S DAY
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived
two hundred miles away.As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb
sobbing.He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my
mother.But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars."The man smiled and
said, "Come on in with me. I'll buy you a rose."He bought the little girl her rose and ordered
his own mother's flowers.As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home.She said,
"Yes, please! You can take me to my mother."She directed him to a cemetery, where she
placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the
wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his mother's house.
EAGLESIN A STORM
Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The
eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its
wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below,
the eagle is soaring above it. The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to
lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. When the storms of life come upon us
- and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our
belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift
us above them. God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy,
failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.
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Question
Children's Literature plays a crucial role in the development of the child. Use examples from the
three stories to discuss the four (4) developmental stages in children, that is;
the child's language development,
the child's cognitive development,
the child's personality development, and
the child's social development.
SECTION B: OPTIONAL QUESTIONS
This section consists of three questions. Answer any two questions.
QUESTION 2
[50 MARKS)
[25 MARKS)
With close reference to the text, analyse the role played by the pangolin, and the Game Park in
Kangira's The Bundle of Firewood?
QUESTION 3
[25 MARKS)
What in your opinion is a fantasy book? Identify and discuss the characterists of fantasy, its value
for children and it's features. Use of examples from two fantasies learned in your course: Eragon
by Christopher Paolini or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by R. Dahl.
QUESTION 4
[25 MARKS)
Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe, a canonical foundation in the art of novel and
story writing. It was long considered a true story instead of a work of fiction, causing confusion
about the author with the hero of the story. It was first published in English on the 25th of April,
1719. Since its first publication, it has been termed a didactic, confessional, epistolary, and
colonial story as well as a travelogue. The story of Robinson Crusoe spans over 28 years of his
isolation on an island where he encounters different types of people and animals and learns to
survive against all odds. The novel is also a subject of various critiques, picturizations, graphics,
and even stage plays.
Write an essay in which you discuss the main any FIVEthemes of the text Robinson Crusoe and
how they are related to post-colonial children's literature in Africa.
TOTAL MARKS [75)
END OF EXAMINATION
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