English & Literature

SYLLABUS TOPICS WITH USEFUL RESOURCE LINKS
Section A:
One play and one novel selected from a list of prescribed texts.
Either: Wole Soyinka: Jero’s Metamorphosis.
Or: William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.
Either John Steinbeck: The Pearl.
Or: Peter Abrahams: Mine Boy.
Section B:
3 works from a list of plays, novels and other prose and poetry:

• The Brothers Capek: The Insect Play.
• John Ruganda The Black Mamba.
• Timothy Wangusa: Upon This Mountain.
• Elechi Ama di: The Great Ponds.
• Ngugi Wa Thiongo: Weep Not Child.
• J.Kariara& E. Kitonga: An Introduction to East African Poetry