COURSE SPECIFICATION
Course code
Course title
Department
ENG 323
Oral Literature II
Languages, Linguistics, Literary Studies and
Visual Arts
Credit unit
3
Level (UG)
Level 300
Course Coordinator
Mr. Nwosu O. B.
Official phone number and email 08035999169
address
buchinwosu@yahoo.com
Office Hours
Thursday (10am-5pm)
Other staff (if applicable)
Miss. Madu U.
Official phone number and email 08039204599
address
Office Hours
Mon.- Thurs (8am-4pm)
Lecture Time
1pm-2pm (Tue); 8am-10am (Thursday),
Lecture Venue
BLOCK A ROOM 4
Tutorial Time
Tutorial Venue
For academic year
2014/15
Contact hours for the semester
Lectures
[33 hours ]
Labs/Seminars
[-]
Assessment
Method
Proportion of marks
Mid Semester Exam [15]%
Coursework
[15]%
Examination
[70]%
This course is to be taken as part of the B.A English
following programmes:
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COURSE AIMS- ALIGNMENT WITH FUNAI’S VISION, MISSION AND PROGRAMME
OBJECTIVE
As a follow up to ENG 234 which has exposed students to conceptual issues and various
aspects of Oral Literature, the course aims at strengthening their research abilities and
analytical prowess especially by helping them to imbibe skills to successfully carry out
fieldwork so as to obtain data for oral literary analysis. It will not only expose them to
methods and techniques of getting oral literary materials but teach them how to properly
collate, and synthesize such materials. Specifically, this course is designed to develop
students’ practical ability to ascertain that literature exists not only in books or in written
forms. The pedagogic implication, lies in the need to equip students with a level of
understanding that enables them to critically reflect on various forms of oral literature thereby
widening their scope of literary understanding and honing their research skills..
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Having completed this course the student is expected to:
1. Understand key conceptual frameworks and guiding principles of fieldwork as well as
contemporary developments and current debates/issues regarding this research
approach.
2. Understand how to successfully carry out an oral literary research through embarking
on a fieldwork.
3. Undertake and appropriately present their field work report and analysis in an orderly
and explicating manner.
4.
Extensively comment and differentiate between the various aspects of oral literature
and align such knowledge to the overall understanding of literature.
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars that will feature
student centred activities .
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Lecture/seminar programme
FUNAI
WEEK
1
Topic/Reading for private study
2
Concept of Fieldwork
Introduction :Meaning and concept
of Oral Literature revisited
Tasks/Think points for private
study
Oral Literature, issues of concept
and nomenclature
Fieldwork: Principles and
Practices
Lecturer
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/ Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/ Miss.
U. Madu
Directorate of Academic Planning, Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (FUNAI)
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Gudes on Fieldwork: Setting
objectives, carrying out the
fieldwork, recording data,
transcribing and documentation.
Modalities for carrying out a
fieldwork to capture oral literary
materials
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss
U. Madu
4&5
Students are assigned individual
topics relating to various aspects of
oral literature to carryundertake a
fieldwork on
Putting into practice skills so far
acquired in the course
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/ Miss.
U. Madu
6
Report
and
discussions
fieldwork experiences.
Relating experiences with high
points and setbacks
7
Learning
week
8
Mid –Semester Test
Mid–Semester Test
9
Presentation, discussion and
analysis of fieldwork materials:
Myths and Legends
Myth and Legends as an aspect of
Oral Literature
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
10
Lyrics and Songs as apects of
Oral Literature
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Presentation, discussion and
analysis of fieldwork materials:
Lyrics and Songs
Presentation, discussion and
analysis of fieldwork materials:
Folktales and Fables
Presentation, discussion and
analysis of fieldwork materials:
Epic and Chants
Presentation, discussion and
analysis of fieldwork materials:
Proverbs and Dramatic
Perfromances
Revision
15
Exams
16
Exams
17
18
Exams
Exams
11
12
13
on
skills and development
Folktales and Fables as aspects of
Oral Literature
Epic and Chants as aspects of
Oral Literature.
Proverbs and Dramatic
performances as aspects of Oral
Literature
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
Mr. O. B.
Nwosu/Miss.
U. Madu
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
Core reading list
This course is in part based around notions and/or material that can be found in the core
text(s) listed below. It is therefore likely that you will use, or refer to, in your lecture/seminar
sessions the notions and/or material in the books listed here. You will likely be directed to
study aspects of these texts in your out-of-classroom time, that is, in your private study.
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Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms New York: Holt, Rinehart
&Winston, 1971.
Akporobaro, F. B. O. Introduction to African Oral Literature Lagos:
Princeton, 2004.
Chukwuma, Helen. Igbo Oral Literature: Theory and Tradition Enugu:
Belpot, 1994.
Finnegan, Ruth. Oral Literature in Africa Oxford: OUP, 1970. (Basic
Text)
______ Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance and Social Context
Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1977.
*****Okpewho, Isidore. African Oral Literature: Background,
Character and Continuity Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana
University Press, 1992. (Basic Text)
Okpewho, Isidore. The Oral Performance in Africa Ibadan: Spectrum,
1990.
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CONTINIOUS ASSESSMENT
The Intended Learning Outcomes are assessed through:
Assessment
Mid semester Exams
Coursework (Assignment)
Semester Exams
Weight
15%
15%
70%
Deliverables - important dates
Ensure that you make a careful note of when the assessment tasks are due in for this course. Try not to
leave working on these tasks until the last minute – this is stressful for you and tends to lead to poor
quality work. Remember that you have several assessments (for different courses) due the same week
and you will need to plan for this.
Assessment
Due date
Feedback & Result
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Mid semester exam-
FUNAI WEEK 10
To be held at the regular
class time and venue
Coursework
Semester Exam
TO BE DETERMINED BY
COURSE
COORDINATOR
FUNAI WEEK 22-23
14 working days after the
assessment
14 working days after the
assessment
Feedback on your work
The university is committed to providing you with written feedback for all assessed coursework within
14 working days from the submission date. You will get feedback on your performance on a feedback
form which will be returned to you. If you do not receive feedback within this time, then you should
first contact the course leader. If it proves necessary, you should then contact the Head of Department.
Submitted coursework, including your final year project, will not be returned to you. This is true for
all coursework, in all courses and at all levels, and does not apply to only this course. We must keep
the original copy of all coursework to provide the external examiners with a complete record of your
work.
Late coursework
It is the University policy to accept and grade all late items of coursework (up to the published latest
date for submission). There is no such thing as 'an extension'. You cannot negotiate new deadlines,
and you do not need to get agreement about handing in your work late from the course leader or any
other member of staff. Late coursework submissions are, however, subject to penalties (capping) that
determine the maximum grade that you can achieve depending upon how late the work is. The current
penalty scale can be found below:
The following caps to be uniformly applied, in the absence of relevant mitigating circumstances
accepted by the BoE:
Up to 1 working day late
Up to 2 working days late
Up to 5 working days late
Up to 10 working days late
Up to 15 working days late
More than 15 working days late
Mark capped at 90%
Mark capped at 80%;
Mark capped at 70%;
Mark capped at 60%;
Mark capped at 50%;
Mark capped at 0%.
A working day is here defined as Monday to Friday at any time of year, with the exception of Nigeria
national holidays. Students with mitigating circumstances can apply to have penalties removed via
submission of the appropriate form and evidence within 7 days of the submission deadline. How to do
this can be found in the University Assessment Policy and Procedure.
Planning your time
i.
Students are expected to attend all classes including seminars and laboratory
sessions for each course. It is mandatory for students to have a minimum attendance of
75% in this course to be eligible to take the final semester examination.
ii.
Note: Instructors are not required to provide mid semester test make-up.
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