Literature Book Analysis: Novel, Play and Poetry - Form 3 & 4

Analysis of All Readings (Play, Novel & Poetry) for O - Level Form 3 & 4

Literature Analysis for Ordinary Level: Well Summarized notes for all selected text books including Play, Novel and Poems Form 3 & 4.

Literary analysis involves examining all the parts of a novel, play, short story, or poem elements such as character, setting, tone, and imagery and thinking about how the author uses those elements to create certain effects.

Reading literature (eg. novels & plays) requires a different approach than reading a textbook. 

In literature, the meaning isn't often stated directly, but is implied. You have to get a sense on your own of what the work means, instead of having the author explicitly saying, "This is idea 1, and this is idea 2."

Important points to consider when reading and analyzing literature: Characters, Events and interaction, Setting,  Time, Organization, Style, Symbolism, Theme and Messages

PLAYS

1. Three Suitors: One Husband - O. Mbia

2. The Lion and the Jewel - W. Soyinka

3. This Time Tomorrow - Ngugi wa Thiong'o

4. The Black Hermit - Ngugi wa Thiong'o

NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES

1. Unanswered Cries - Osman Conteh

2. Passed Like a Shadow - B.M Mapalala

3. Weep Not, Child - Ngugi wa Thiong'o

4. The Interview - P. Ngugi

5. A Wreath for  Fr Mayor - S.N Ndunguru

6. Spared - S.N Ndunguru

POETRY

1. Song of Lawino Lawino and Ocol - O. P' Bitek

2. Summons - R. Mabala

3. Growing Up with Poetry - D. Rubadiri