Current JAMB Syllabus For Literature [+Free PDF]

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Expect about 40 questions in your JAMB Literature exam from these different topics under the JAMB Literature syllabus:

1. DRAMA

• a. Types:
  • i. Tragedy
  • ii. Comedy
  • iii. Tragicomedy
  • iv. Melodrama
  • v. Farce
  • vi. Opera etc.
• b. Dramatic Techniques
  • i. Characterization
  • ii. Dialogue
  • iii. Flashback
  • iv. Mime
  • v. Costume
  • vi. Music/Dance
  • vii. Décor/scenery
  • viii. Acts/Scenes
  • ix. Soliloquy/aside
  • x. Figures of Speech etc.

• c. Interpretation of the Prescribed Texts
  • i. Theme
  • ii. Plot
  • iii. Socio-political context
  • iv. Setting

2. PROSE.

• a. Types:
  • i. Fiction
    • • Novel
    • • Novella/Novelette
    • • Short story
  • ii. Non-fiction
    • • Biography
    • • Autobiography
    • • Memoir
    • iii. Faction: combination of fact and fiction

• b. Narrative Techniques/ Devices:
  • i. Point of view
    • • Omniscient/Third Person
    • • First Person
  • ii. Characterisation
    • • Round, flat, foil, hero, antihero, etc.
  • iii. Language

• c. Textual Analysis
  • i. Theme
  • ii. Plot
  • iii. Setting (Temporal/Spatial)
  • iv. Socio-political context

3. POETRY

• a. Types:
  • i. Sonnet
  • ii. Ode
  • iii. Lyrics
  • iv. Elegy
  • v. Ballad
  • vi. Panegyric
  • vii. Epic
  • viii. Blank Verse, etc.

• b. Poetic devices
  • i. Structure
  • ii. Imagery
  • iii. Sound(Rhyme/Rhythm, repetition, pun, onomatopoeia, etc.)
  • iv. Diction
  • v. Persona

• c. Appreciation
  • i. Thematic preoccupation
  • ii. Socio-political relevance
  • iii. Style.

4. GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES

• a. 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.

• b. Literary principles
  • i. Direct imitation in play;
  • ii. Versification in drama and poetry;
  • iii. Narration of people’s experiences
  • iv. Achievement of aesthetic value, etc.

• c. Relationship between literary terms and principles.

5. LITERARY APPRECIATION

• Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose and Poetry.

Source: JAMB IBASS

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