BA EDUCATION  KISWAHILI TEACHING SUBJECTS

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FIRST YEAR SEMESTER I

COURSE CODE: KS 110:
COURSE TITLE Kiswahili Literature

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course Description
This is a general introduction to the various genres of Kiswahili from the 18th century to the present. The course attempts to appraise and examine the relations between the literary texts, ideology and history in Kiswahili societies.
 

Course Objective
The course aims to enable students to appreciate and evaluate the emergence and growth of the different genres of Kiswahili literature and its criticism.

Course Content
• Meaning and Trends of Classical Kiswahili Literature
• Types of Kiswahili Poetry
• Types of Kiswahili Prose.
• Theory and Development of Kiswahili plays
• History of Literary Criticism

Mode of Delivery:
Lectures and Seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References

Etherton, M. (1982): The Development of African Drama Hutchinson & Company London.

Gikandi, S. (1987): Reading the African Novel. Heinemann. Nairobi. Mbinu. Jomo Kenyetta Foundation.

Mulokozi, M.M. (1996): Utangulizi wa Fasihi ya Kiswahili Chuo Kikuu Huria cha Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.

Mulokozi, M.M. (2002), Tenzi Tatu za Kale, IKR Dar es Salaam.Nairobi.

Njogu, K. and Chimerah (1999): Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Na mbinu . Kenyatta Foudation. Nairobi

Wamitila, K.W. (2003): Kichocheo cha Fasihi. English Press.
 

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FIRST YEAR SEMESTER I

COURSE CODE KS 111
COURSE TITLE Introduction to Linguistics and Kiswahili Structure

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course Description
This is the first University level writing skills course in Kiswahili. It is concerned with writing clearly and effectively. The course addresses the rules and options in writing compositions and research papers. The course also includes other writing tasks such as logical argumentation, writing essays and reports.

Course Objective
To enable students to acquire writing skills in Kiswahili. Students should be able to write accurately and effectively.

Course Content
• Writing Essays and Paragraphs: Planning, Developing
and Writing and Revising paper

• Writing Clear and Effective Sentences: Basic sentence
elements, Sentence Logic, Coordination, Subordination
Parallelism,. Emphasis and Variety

• Using Words Effectively: Appropriate Diction, Imagery and
Figurative Language, Including needed words and
avoiding others

• Adhering to Rules and Options: Writing correct sentences
Understanding Punctuations and Understanding
Mechanics.

• Writing a Research Paper.
-Starting a Research Paper
-Planning to write from Sources
-Citing and Documenting Sources
-Developing, Writing and Revising the Research Paper

• Other Writing Skills: Writing Logical argumentations, Writing an Essay Exam, Writing Reports, Business Writing

Mode of delivery:
Lectures and Seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.


References

BAKITA 1944. Mwongozo Kwa Waandishi wa Kiswahili sanifu. Dar-es-Salaam University Press. Dar es Salaam.

Fowler, R.H. 1983 The Little, Brown Handbook. Little, Brown and Company. U.S.A.

Legger, G et al 1985. Handbook for Writers. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Marius, R and Wiener, S.H. 1988 College Handbook. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York.

Strong, W et al 1996.Writers’ Choice: Grammar and Composition McGraw-Hill. New York.

White, E.B. 1979 The Elements of Style. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. New York.

Wilson, R.F., JR. 1980. Writing: analysis and application. Macmillan Publishing Company., Inc.
 

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FIRST YEAR SEMESTER I

COURSE CODE KS 120
COURSE TITLE Kiswahili Writing Skills

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course Description
The course lays the foundation for the general understanding of the structure of language and how functions. Although it deals with language in general, it draws heavily, in exemplification, on Kiswahili and other African languages. Students will be able to acquire and understand basic concepts, tools of analysis of the structure of the language and their application.

Course Objective
The course aims at introducing student to the complexities of human language as a rule-governed phenomenon and as a basis for the actual study and analysis of individual languages.
 

Course Content
• Introduction: Meaning, Goals, and Branches of Linguistics
• Phonetics: Production and Classification of Swahili Sounds
• Phonology: Major concepts of Swahili Phonology
• Morphology: Major concepts of Swahili Morphology and
• Morphological analysis
• Sentence structure: Types of Swahili sentences and its analysis
• Semantics: Major concepts, types of meaning
• Sociolinguistics: Fundamental Concepts, Social Differentiation of Language and Language and Dialect

Mode of delivery:
Lectures and Seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars.

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References

Akmajian, A. et al; (1990): An Introduction to Language and Communication, Massachusetts. M.I.T. Press.

Besha, R.M.; (1994): Utangulizi wa Lugha na Isimu, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam University Press.

Chomsky, N.; (1986): Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, 0rigin and Use. Praeger Publishers.

Finnegan, E. (1994) Languages: its structure and use, 2nd edn. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Hudson Grover, 2001 Essential Introductory Linguistics. Blackwell Publishers Oxford. U.K.

Katamba,F. (1999): Phonology. London: Longman.

___________(1993): Morphology. London: The Macmillan Press.

Ladefoged, P. (1972): Preliminaries to Linguistic Phonetics. (The University of Chicago Press.

Radford, A. et al. (1999):. Linguistics: An Introduction. London: Cambridge University Press.

Rubanza. Y.I. (1995) Mofolojia ya Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu Huria cha Tanzania. Dar es Salaam.

Tallerman M.(1998): Understanding Syntax. Arnold. London.
 

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FIRST YEAR SEMESTER I

COURSE CODE KS 121
COURSE TITLE Kiswahili Grammatical Analysis

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course Description
The course introduces students to the Basic Swahili Grammatical Constructions. It seeks to develop students’ skills in the analysis of Swahili noun phrases, verb phrases and Swahili sentence patterns. Most of the teaching will be based on actual data from Swahili language.

Course Objective
The course aims to develop students’ skills in Swahili sentence patterns and analysis of Swahili syntactic categories, word phrases and Swahili sentences structures.

Course Content

Swahili Syntactic Categories (Word Classes)
- Structural Categories
- Functional Categories

The Swahili Noun Phrase
- A-of association
- Modification
- Determination

The Swahili Verb Phrase
- Tense, Mood and Aspect
- Transitivity

The Swahili Sentences
- Statements
- Questions and Responses
- Varieties of Sentences

Nominalization
- Sentential/Non-Sentential Nominalization

Complementation:
- The Kuwa/Kwamba Constructions
- The infinitival Construction

Relativization
- Restrictive and non-restrictive

Cohesion in Swahili
- Reference
- Substitution
- Ellipsis
- Conjunction
- Lexical Cohesion

Mode of Delivery
Lectures and seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars.
Assessment
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References.

Adewole, S.M. 1984: Agreement as a Cohesive Device in Kiswahili. M.A. Thesis, University of Dar es Salaam.

Ashton, E.O. 1944: Swahili Grammar (including Intonation). London:Longman.

Broomfield, G.W. 1935: Sarufi ya Kiswahili, Sheldon Press. London.

Fabb, N. 1994: Sentence Structure. London. Routlegde.

Kahigi, K.K. 1999. Structural and Cohesion Dimensions of style. A consideration of some texts in Maw (1974) RECALL. Belgium.

Loogman, A. 1965 Swahili Grammar and Syntax.Pittsburg: Duquesne University . Press.

Maw. 1969. Swahili Sentences. School of Oriental and African Studies: London.

Mohammed, M.A. 2001. Modern Swahili Grammar. Nairobi: E.A. Educational Publishers.

Murphy, R. 1989. Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Palmer, F. 1984: Grammar. Harmondsworth. Penguin

Vitale, A. 1981: Swahili Syntax. Dordretch-Holland:Foris Publications.

Wesana-Chomi, E. 1973. “Towards the Syntax of Complex sentences in Swahili”.Kiswahili Journal. Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili.

Whiteley, W.1969. Transitivity in Swahili.

NB: Students can also surf via the following URL: http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
 

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SECOND YEAR SEMESTER III

COURSE CODE KS 230
COURSE TITLE Kiswahili Syntactic Analysis

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course description
This course examines the syntactic component of grammar. It looks at the major aspects of such a component, viz. syntactic categories, constituent structure, the lexicon.

Course Objective
To introduce students to syntactic analysis, description and argumentation in general with exemplification from Kiswahili.

Course Content
• Syntax as a Component of Language and Linguistic Description: Definition and Goals
• Syntactic Categories and Constituent Structures: . Lexical and Phrasal Categories
• Constituent Structures: Functions of Constituents and Dominance and
• Precedence
• Phrase Structure Grammar and Transformational Grammar: Rules and Analysis of Kiswahili Complex Sentences
• The Lexicon :Categorical Information.
• Functions of Constituent Structures and Recursion
• Other Aspects of Syntax: Syntactic Universals and Current Syntactic Theories

Mode of Delivery:
Lectures and Seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References

Akmajian, A. and F. Heny. 1975: An Introduction to the Principles of Transformational Syntax. M.I.T. press.

Baker, C.L. (1995) English syntax. The MIT Cambridge. Massachussets. U.S.A.

Burton-Roberts, N. 1986. Analysing Sentences. Longman

Chomsky, N. 1986. Knowledge of Language Praeger.

Horrocks, G. 1987. Generative Grammar. Longmans.

Huddleston, R. 1984: An Introduction to the Grammar of English Cambridge Universit Press.

Kiango, J.G. 1987. Swahili Anaphoric Expressions. The Government and Binding Approach. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas.

Newmeyer, F. 1983: Grammatical Theory:Its Limits and Possibilities. Chicago University Press.

Radford, A. 1988. Transformational Grammar: A First Course Cambridge University Press.
_____________(1997): Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist
Approach, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Rubanza, Y.I. (2000) Sarufi ya Kiswahili: Mtazamo wa Kimuundo.Open University of Tanzania:Dar es Salaam.
 

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SECOND YEAR SEMESTER III

COURSE CODE KS 231
COURSE TITLE Kiswahili Drama and Poetry

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course Description
The course will make an in-depth study of Kiswahili drama and poetry, trace its historical development as a genre, discuss and interpret influences, trends, conventions, social vision and ideological formations, while at the same time looking at the essential elements of drama and poetry.

Course Objective
To equip students with basic concepts and tools of analysis in relation to the internal structure of Kiswahili drama and poetry and its social context.


Course Outline
• Introduction: The concept and history of drama
• Theory of Drama: Content and form in Kiswahili drama and Dominant theses in Kiswahili drama
• Practical Criticis: Analysis appreciation and explanation of selected texts
• The Kiswahili Poetry: Historical Development and major trends of Kiswahili Poetry
• The of poetry: Meaning, Origins and Functions of Poetry
• Historical Development of Kiswahili Poetry: Origins and Functions of Poetry
• Major Trends Themes, and Ideological Concerns 1500 to date
• Practical Criticism Interpreting Swahili poetry: appreciation explanation and analysis of selected texts.

Mode of delivery:
Lectures and Seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References
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Abdulaziz, Mohamed H. 1979. Muyaka. 19th Century Swahili Popular Poetry. Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau.

Abedi, A. (1954): Sheria za Kutunga Mashairi na Diwani ya Amri EALB, Nairobi.

Boulton, Marjorie. 1977. The Anatomy of Poetry. London: Routledge Kegan Paul.

Dawson, S.W., 1970. Drama and the Dramatic: London Mathuen.

Dukore, B.F. 1974: Dramatic Theory and Criticism. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

Fergusson, Francis. (1990) The Idea of A Theatre, Pinceton University Press.

Gotrick, Kacke. 1984: Epidan Theatre and Modern Drama. Stockholm: Almovist & Wiksell International.

Kezilahabi, E. 1976. Ushairi wa Shaaban Robert. Nairobi: E.A.L.B.

Lihamba, A. 1985: “Political Theatre in Tanzania after the Arusha Declaration”, 1967-1984, Ph.D. Thesis.Leeds:University of Leeds.

Muhando, P. & Balisidya, N. 1976. Fasihi na Sanaa za Maonyesho. Dar es Salaam.Tanzania Publishing House.
Mulokozi, M.M. & Sengo. T.S.Y. 1995: History of Kiswahili Poetry: AD 1000 – 2000, Dar es Salaam: Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam.

Mulokozi, M.M. & Kahigi, K.K. , 1982: Kunga za Ushairi na Diwani Yetu. Dar-es- Salaam. T.P.H.

Mulokozi, M.M. (ed) (2002): Tenzi Tatu za Kale, IKR Dar es Salaam.

______________ (1996) Utangulizi wa Fasihi ya Kiswahili Chuo Kikuu Huria cha

Senkoro, F.E.M.K. 1987.Ushairi: Nadharia na Tahakiki. Dar es Salaam: Dar es Salaam University Press.

Shariff. Ibrahim Noor. 1988. Tungo Zetu. Trenton: The Red Sea Press.

Turner, Victor.1982: From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play. New York
Wamitila, K.W. (2003) Kichocheo cha Fasihi English Press, Nairobi.
 

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SECOND YEAR SEMESTER IV

COURSE CODE KS 240
COURSE TITLE Translation Theory and Analysis

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examination.

Course Description
The course aims at introducing the students to the theory, principles and methods of translation. Special emphasis will be put on the practical aspects of translation.

Course Objective
To enable students to gain the awareness of the complexities of translation, and be able to translate different types of texts.

Course Content
• The concept of “Translation Theory”
• Classification of (translation) texts
• Text analysis
• The process of translating
• Translation methods
• Translation of poetry
• Limitations of translation work
• Practical translation: translation of selected texts

Mode of Delivery:
Lectures and Seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References.

Brinton, E. et al. 1990. Translation Strategies. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Chama cha Wafasiri Tanzania (WAFASIRI). 1989. “Makala za Kongamano la Kimataifa

Kuhusu Matatizo ya Tafsiri Barani Afrika”, Dar es Salaam (mimeo).

FIT: “Problems of Translation in Africa”. 1990. Proceedings of the Round- Table Conference

FIT – UNESCO, Dar es Salaam 28-30 August 1989, Organized by the Tanzania Translators Association and FIT.

Holmes, J. (Ed.). 1970. The Nature of Translation, The Mouton Hague

Newmark, P. 1982: Approaches to Translation, Oxford: Pergamon Press

-------------1988. A textbook of Translation, London: Prentice Hall.

Savory, T.H. 1975: The Art of Translation, London: Jonathan Cape.

Journal

MET: Journal of the Department of Linguistics and Philology, University of Montreal, Canada.
 

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SECOND YEAR SEMESTER IV

COURSE CODE KS 241
COURSE TITLE Creative Writing in Kiswahili

This is a 3 credit course covering 3 contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus 2 weeks for University Examinations.
 

Course Description
This course is designed to introduced the students to the theory of writing short story, novel, play and poetry. Basic elements of fiction, drama and poetry will be discussed and illustrated from Kiswahili texts and other literatures. Works written by various writers will be read and discussed in view of the style and technicalities used..

Objective
To enable students to acquire the basic elements of the art of writing in Kiswahili. The students will explore the deep analysis of the art of writing by reading different authors’ works and by make comparisons which will allow them to choose and learn the techniques from some of them. Students will be required to write a fiction, drama or poetry.

Course Content

• Poetry
- Types of poetry
- Formal elements: rhythm, meter, rhyme, diction, syntactic aspects semantic
aspects and contextual dimension
• Drama
- Types of drama
- Formal elements
- Plot, characterization, dialogue
- Language and situation
- Momentum, suspense and rhythm
- Silence
- Action and tension
- Character, custom and identity
- Dramatic irony


• Short Story
- Theory of short story
- How to begin and end a short story
- Narration and description
- Focal point and theme
- Plot, characterization and dialogue
- Setting
• Novel
- Theory of novel
- Narration and description
- Plot, characterization and dialogue
- Setting
- Style

Mode of Delivery
Lectures and Seminars

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars.

Assessment
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References

Aycock, Wendell (Ed). 1982: The Teller and the Tale: Aspects of the Short Story. Lubbeek: Tex

Lohafer, S. & Clarey, J.(1989). Short Story Theory at a Crossroads. Boton Rouger: Lavisiana State University Press.

Martin, W. (1987) Recent Theories of Narrative. Cornell University Press, London & Ithaka.

Mlacha, S.A.K. & J.S. Madumulla (1991) Riwaya ya Kiswahili Dar es SalaamUniversity Press: Dar es Salaam.

Msokile, Mbunda.(1992). Misingi ya Hadithi Fupi. Dar es Salaam: Dar es salaam University Press.

Mulokozi, M.M. (1996). Utangulizi wa Fasihi ya Kiswahili. Chuo Kikuu Huria Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.

Smith, F.E. and Smith, M.S. (1991): Write a Successful Novel. Escreet Publications. Strauss, P. (1993).Talking Poetry. University of Natal Press.
 

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THIRD YEAR SEMESTER V

COURSE CODE KS 350
COURSE TITLE Kiswahili Novel

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course Description
The course will make an in depth study of the Kiswahili novel so as to trace its historical development as a genre, discuss and interpret influences, trends, conventions, social vision and ideological formations while at the same time looking at the essential elements of fiction.

Course Objective
The course aims to enable the students to appreciate the internal and external structure of the novel.

Course Content
• Introduction: Meaning and Major trends of the novel
• Theory of the Novel: Origins and Structure
• Historical Development of the Kiswahili Novel
• Practical Criticism: Interpreting the Kiswahili novel

Mode of Delivery:
Lectures and seminars.

Contact Hours:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars.

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References

Etherton, M. (1982): The Development of African Drama. Hutchinson & Company London.

Forster, E.M. (1927): Aspects of the Novel. London.

Gikandi, S. (1987): Reading the African Novel. Heinemann. Nairobi.

Martin, W. (1986) : Recent Theories of Narrative. Cornell University Press. Ithaca and London.

Mulokozi, M.M. (1996): Utangulizi wa Fasihi ya Kiswahili Chuo Kikuu Huria cha Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.

Njogu, K. and Chimerah (1999): Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu. Jomo Kenyetta Foundation. Nairobi.

Scholes, R & R. Kelogg (1996): The Nature of Narative. Oxford University Press London.

Steveck, Ph. Ed. (1967) : The Theory of the Novel. Macmillan. New York.

Wamitila, K.W. (2003): Kichocheo cha Fasihi . English Press.

Watt, I. (1957) : The Rise of the Novel. University of Calfornia Press Berkeley.
 

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THIRD YEAR SEMESTER V

COURSE CODE KS 351
COURSE TITLE Kiswahili Syntax

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.

Course Description
This course involves analysis of Kiswahili syntactical structures. It gives the students an opportunity to apply linguistic theories by using Kiswahili syntactic data as well as data drawn from other Bantu languages.

Course Objective
To enable students to acquire hands-on experience about the applicability of the given theory.

Course Outline
• Introduction: basic concepts in syntactic analysis.
• Evaluation of one syntactic theory and its application to Kiswahili and other languages.
• The analysis of major syntactic patterns in Kiswahili syntax: nominalization, complementation, relativization, coordination and subordination.

Contact Hours:
30 lectures and 15 Seminars.

Mode of Delivery:
Lectures and Seminars

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.

References.

Baker, C.L. (1995) English Syntax, The MIT Cambridge.Massachussets:London. England.

Huddleston, R. (1984). Introduction to the Grammar of English Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Institute of Kiswahili Research. 1983): Lugha ya Kiswahili, (A collection of articles on

Khamisi, A.M. 1985: Swahili Verb Derivation, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hawaii.

Massamba, D.P.B. Kihore, Y.M. & Hokororo J.I. 1999: Sarufi Miundo ya Kiswahili Press, DSM: TUKI.

Radford, A. 1997. Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English. A Minimalist Approach. London: C.U.P.

Rubanza, Y.I. (2003) Sarufi: Mtazamo wa Kimuundo. Chuo Kikuu Huria cha Tanzania

Tallerman, M. (1998) Understanding Syntax. Arnold London.

Thomas, L.(1993): Beginning Syntax. Oxford: Blackwell.

Vitale, A. 1981: Swahili Syntax. Place of Publication: Foris Publications.
 

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THIRD YEAR SEMESTER VI

COURSE CODE KS 360
COURSE TITLE Research Methods in Kiswahili

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in duration of 7.5 weeks, plus a dissertation which counts for the other 7.5 weeks as an independent study. There will be no final examination in this course; instead the student will submit a dissertation.

Course Description.
This course has two components; Research methods and Dissertation. The "research methods" component is intended to acquaint students with the scientific method as it applies to social science research. Students will learn how to do research not only by studying the theory but, most important, also by writing a proposal on a selected topic, carrying out the proposed research, and finally, writing and presenting the final product as a dissertation.

Course Objective
Students will be assigned readings and will be required to present in class and will consult individually.

Mode of Delivery:
Seminar presentations and discussion, plus individual consultations.

Contact Hours

Assessment:
Dissertation: 100%
 

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THIRD YEAR SEMESTER VI

COURSE CODE KS 361
COURSE TITLE Shaaban Robert Studies

This is a three (3) credit course covering three (3) contact hours per week in 15 teaching weeks, plus two (2) weeks for University Examinations.
 

Course Description
The course entails an in depth analysis of the fictional and non-fictional works of Shaaban Robert. It also critically appraises different works written on Shaaban Robert.

Course Objectives
To equip the student with an in depth study and understanding of an indigenous literary classic and stalwart, Shaaban Robert, the father of Kiswahili literary tradition.

Delivery:
30 Lectures and 15 Seminars.

Assessment:
Coursework 40% and Final Examination 60%.


Course Content
• Short history: Life, Works, Outlook
• Shaaban Robert, War and Colonialism
• Shaaban Robert and Gender Issues
• Shaaban Robert and African Aesthetics and Identity
• Shaaban Robert and the Language Question
• Satirical Devices in Shaaban Robert ‘s Works
• Shaaban Robert and National History and Development
• The Philosophical Outlook of Shaaban Robert
• Non-fiction of Shaaban Robert
• Shaaban Robert and the Concept of love
• Shaaban Robert and Biographic Genre

References

Gibbe, A.G.(1980). Shaaban Robert: Mshairi. Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Publishing House.

Kezilahabi, E. (1976). Ushairi wa Shaaban Robert, Kampala/Nairobi/Dar es Salaam: East African Literature Bureau.

Maganga, M.A. (1971) “Maisha ya Shaaban Robert na Mawazo Yake”, in Topan, Farouk M.(Ed) 1971. Uchambuzi wa Maandishi ya Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam: Oxford University Press.

Mulokozi, M.M. (Ed) (2002).Barua za Shaaban Robert: 1931-1958. TUKI, Dare s Salaam.

Mulokozi, M.M.(1975). “Maudhui ya Ushairi wa Shaaban Robert,” in Umma

Robert, Shaaban. (1958). “Hotuba Juu ya Ushairi”, Lectures from Jumuia ya Taaluma ya Kiswahili, in Journal of the East African Swahili Committee No. 28/1 (1958), pp. 37-42
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Sengo, T.S.Y. & S.D. Kiango. (1974). Ndimi Zetu: Uchambuzi wa Maandishi ya Kiswahili. Dar es Salaam: Longman.

Senkoro, F.E.M.K (1987) Ushairi: Nadharia na Tahakiki. DUP. Dar es Salaam.


Shaaban Robert’s Works: Shaaban Robert’s work Books) will be used depending on the module.


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