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Ms Tabia: I think it needs another programme, but I will try. Literature
is the best form of writing. So, when you read a novel or a
play or a poem, you experience the life, culture, emotion, and
deeds of a particular society. When you read literature, you
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travel to a hundred different places and meet a thousand other
people without even moving from your chair. You feel what
the writer or the characters feel, you learn from what they
say and do, you get caught up in the story because you want
to know what happens, and you enjoy it at the same time. I
believe it is true that reading a good piece of literature can
change the way you feel or experience things around you.
You get educated and entertained by characters and events.

Mr Mgimba: That is amazing. I can’t wait to go and read a new novel.
Thank you so much, Ms Tabia and welcome again. Thank
you, too, my audience. I am sure you have learnt a lot about

literature. Goodbye for now.

Questions

1. What issues are discussed in the above dialogue?
2. What have you learnt about literature from this dialogue?
3. How does literature reflect life in all of its varied forms and shapes?
4. What is the difference between a poet and a persona?
5. How does oral literature differ from written literature?
6. Given the globalised world, why should one study oral literature?
7. What is so special about each genre of literature?

(d) With the help of online or offline resources, use a selected novel and a
short story to explain the following.

(i) Novel (vi) Narrative style
(ii) Short story (vii) Plot

(iii) Point of view (viii) Setting
(iv) Length (ix) Narrative prose
(v) Division (x) Characters

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