LITERATURE IN ENGLISH BOOKS ANALYSIS (INTERPRETING LITERARY WORKS)
LITERARY WORKS: Refers to or work concerned with or connected with the writing, study, or appreciation of literature, for example books, anthologies, journal and and reports.Buy bestselling books online
What do you understand by the term interpret?
-“Think that you are walking home, on the way you meet a man walking while swaying and fails to stand and walk properly“. How will you consider this man?
May be one can say the man is drank.
-“Also, think that you meet with a woman who is in hurry but she is provoking insults”. How will you identify this woman?
One can say that this woman is angry.
Now, what does the term interpret mean?
Therefore the term interpret means giving meaning to something.
Also, one can say that to interpret is to decide on the meaning intended by something.
What can one interpret in life?
People can interpret things, events, situations as well as their daily deeds. For instance one can interpret a story, song, poem, saying, proverb, road sign, novel, facial expression as well as plays.
What can one real interpret in literary works?
In literary works the reader makes criticism of a text at hand by identify form and content used in it.
How can one interpret a literary work?
Usually, literary works are interpreted while relying on some theories; thus making the reader identify the way a particular text represent his or her personal and national life experience.
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH BOOKS ANALYSIS (INTERPRETING LITERARY WORKS)
READING PROGRAM: THE LIST OF TEXTS TO BE READ
A. PLAYS
1. The Lion and the Jewel – Wole Soyinka
2. The Trials of Brother Jero – Wole Soyinka
3. Dilemma of a Ghost – Ama Ata Aidoo
4. The Government Inspector – N.Gogol
5. The Swamp Dwellers – Wole Soyinka
6. The Barbed Wire – Mukotani Rugyendo
7. Kinjekitile – Ibrahim Hussein
8. Dedan Kimath – Keneth Watene
B. NOVELS OR SHORT STORIES
1. A Walk in the Night – Alex La Guma
2. The Houseboy – Ferdinand Oyono
3. The Old man and the Medal – Ferdinand Oyono
4. The Concubine – Elechi Amadi
5. Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali – Niane, D.T
6. Secret Lives – Ngugi wa Thiong’o
7. The Three Old Stones – Martha Mvungi
8. Girls at War – Chinua Achebe
9. Uncle Tom’s Children – Richard Wright
10. Tales of Amadou Koumba – David Drop
11. Quartet – Richard Rive
C. POETRY
1. Poems from East Africa – David Cook and David Rubadiri
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2. Selected Poems – Tanzania Institute of Education
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