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UNIVERSITI
fun. Abdul Razak
FINAL EXAMINATION JANUARY 2009

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TEACHING AND APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE PLB4024 26 APRIL 2009/SUNDAY 2.30 PM - 5.30 PM/3 HOURS

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. This Question Booklet consists of TWO (2) Sections, Section A and B. Answer ALL questions in Section A and section B. Answer ALL questions in Section A and Section B in the Answer Booklet. Candidates are not allowed to bring into the examination hall/room any form of written materials or electronic gadget except for stationery that is permitted by the invigilator. Students who are caught breaching the Examination Rules and Regulation will be charged with academic dishonesty, and if found guilty of the offence, the maximum penalty is expulsion from the University.

(This Question Paper consists of 4 Printed Pages including front page)

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SECTION A There FOUR (4) questions in this part. Answer ALL questions. 1. a) What is literature? b) Why do we need to teach literature in Malaysian schools? 2. a) Explain what is figurative language in literary writing?

(40 marks)

(5 marks) (5 marks) (5 marks)

b) List down and explain TWO (2) types of figurative languages in literature. Give examples for each. (5 marks)

3.

a) In the novel, 'Animal Farm', compare and contrast the characters of Napoleon and Snowball. (5 marks) b) What techniques do they use in the struggle for power? (5 marks)

4.

English Literature has been given very little emphasis in the Malaysian ESL context. As an English language teacher, how can you help to instil interest in literature among your learners? (10 marks)

SECTION B There are THREE (3) questions in this part. Answer ALL questions.

(60 marks)

5.

A Horse and Two Goats' by RK Narayan, depicts a comical and fateful encounter between two men, neither of who speak each other's language. In your opinion, elaborate why you consider their meeting as comical and fateful? Support your answers with incidents depicted by Narayan. (20 marks)

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6.

Read the poem, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and answer all questions that follow:

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference a) Based on the poem answer the following questions: What is the storyline of this poem? II. Ill. IV. V. How do the two roads differ? Which road does the traveler pick? How does he feel about his choice? How would you describe the traveler? (10 marks)

b) Interpret and discuss the poem, in your own words. You may comment on the style and language used by Frost. (10 marks)

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Read the short extract from the 'Merchant of Venice' below and answer the questions that follow.

The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings: But mercy is above this sceptred sway: It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself: And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. (4. 1. 180-193) a) Where did this dialogue take place? b) Who spoke this dialogue and why?

(2 marks) (8 marks)

c) Explain in your own words the message the speaker is trying to convey to the audience. (10 marks) END OF QUESTION