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Questions

1. According to Solea, how can one experience aspects of life through
literature?
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2. In what ways does literature open doors to new and different life
experiences?
3. Why are analytical and interpretative skills essential when reading a
literary text?
4. According to Solea, what is the first step of the critical analysis of a
literary work?
5. Why is a second reading of a literary work important, and what should
one focus on during this stage?
6. How should unfamiliar words encountered during a second reading be
approached?
7. Why is paying attention to word choice essential, especially when
analysing poetry?
8. What aspects of a story should one consider when analysing culture?
9. What elements of a literary text should be closely examined during
subsequent readings?
10. How can paying attention to character interactions and narrative voice
enhance the understanding of a literary work?
11. Why does the analysis and interpretation of a literary text require evidence
from the analysed text?

Activity 3 Critiquing selected poems and plays based
on form and content

(a) Read the following text. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Elements of literature

There are two elements of literature: form and content. Simply put, content is what
the writer wants to say, while form is how the author says it. For example, the first
element of form is setting. The setting of a literary work is a physical and social
or cultural environment in which the story occurs. It is both geographical (where)
and historical (when). For example, “Hawa the Bus Driver” has its setting in Dar es

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