Literature in English syllabus for Jamb

SECTION I: Jamb syllabus for Literature in English - Drama

1. Drama

• Types:

1. Tragedy
2. Comedy
3. Tragicomedy
4. Melodrama
5. Farce
6. Opera
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• Dramatic techniques

1. Characterisation
2. Dialogue
3. Flashback
4. Mime
5. Costume
6. Music/Dance
7. Decor/scenera
8. Acts/Scenes
9. Soliloquy/aside
10. Figures of speech
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• Interpretation of the prescribed textiles

1. Theme
2. Plot
3. Socio-political context
4. Setting
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   After studying the topic, candidates should be able to:
5. Identify the various type of Drama
6. Analyse the contents of the various types of Drama
7. Compare and contrast the features of different types of Drama
8. Demonstrate adequate knowledge of dramatic techniques and stage directions used in each prescribed text
9. Differentiate between styles of selected playwrights
10. Determine the theme of any prescribed text
11. Identify the plot of the playwrights
12. Apply the lesson of the play to social reality
13. Identify the spatial setting and temporal period of the play
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SECTION II: Jamb syllabus for Literature in English - Prose

2. Prose

• Types: Prose fiction

1. Fiction:

• Novel
• Novella/Novelette
• Short story

2. Non-fiction

• Biography
• Autobiography
• Memoir

3. Faction: combination of fact and fiction
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• Narrative Technique/Devices:

1. Point of view

• Omniscient
• First Persona
• Second person
• Third person
• Stream of consciousness
• Epiphany

2. Characterisation

• Round, Flat, foil, hero, antihero villain, heroine etc

3. Language

• Textual Analysis

1. Theme
2. Plot
3. Setting (Temporal/Spatial)
4. Socio-political context
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   After studying the topic, the candidates should be able to:
5. Differentiate between type of novel
6. Identify the category that each prescribed text belongs to
7. Analyse the components of each type of Prose
8. Identify the balance of facts and fication in literary factorization
9. Identify the narravive techniques used in each of the prescribed text
10. Determine an author's narrative style
11. Distinguish between one type of character from another
12. Determine the thematic pre-occupation of the prescribed text
13. Indicate the plot of the novel
14. Identify the setting and period/timing of the novel
15. Relate the prescribed text to social reality
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SECTION III: Jamb syllabus for Literature in English - Poetry

3. Poetry

• Types:

1. Sonnet
2. Ode
3. Lyrics
4. Elegy
5. Ballad
6. Panegyric
7. Epic
8. Blank Verse etc
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• Poetic devices

1. Imagery
2. Sound (Rhyme/Rhythm, repetition, pun, onomatopoeia, etc)
3. Distinction
4. Persona
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• Appreciation

1. Thematic preoccupation
2. Socio-political relevance
3. style
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   After studying the topic, candidates should be able to:
4. Identify different types of Poetry
5. Identify the distinctive features of the poetic types
6. Determine the devices used by various potentials
7. Show how poetic devices are used for aesthetic effect in each polymerization
8. Identify the figure of speech in the texts
9. Show how poetic devices convey message and meaning
10. Deduce the poet's thematic preoccupation from the polymerization
11. Deduce the poet's thematic preoccupation from the polymerization
12. Appraise poetry as an art with moral values
13. Apply the lessons from the poem to social reality
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SECTION IV: Jamb syllabus for Literature in English - General Literary Principles

4. General Literary Principles

• Literary terms: Foreshadowing, suspense, theatre, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, symbolism, protagonist, antagonist, figures of speech, satire, stream of consciousness, synecdoche, metonymy, etc, in addition to those listed above under the different genres
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  After studying the topic, candidates should be able to:

1. Identify literary terms that are specific to drama, prose and poetry
2. Identify areas of overlap in all the genres
3. Verse in drama and poetry, narration in all the genres
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SECTION V: Jamb syllabus for Literature in English - Literary Appreciation

5. Literary Appreciation

• Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose and Poetry
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  After studying the passages, candidates should be able to:

1. Identify literary devices used in a given passage/extraction
2. Provide an interpretation of the given passage/extraction
3. Relate the extract to true life experience
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