LITERARY APPRECIATION

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under LITERARY APPRECIATION, the JAMB Literature in English syllabus expects you to study:

• 5. LITERARY APPRECIATION Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose and Poetry.
• A LIST OF SELECTED AFRICAN AND POE Drama: African: i. Efua Sutherland: M Non-African: i. Williams Shakespea Prose: African: i. Pede Hollist: S ii. Elma Shaw: R Non African: i. Susanne Bellefeuille: Path of L Poetry: African: i. Gabriel Okara: ii. Elizabeth L.A. Kamara: iii. Wole Soyinka: iv. Niyi Osundare: v. S.O.H. Afriyie-Vidza: vi. Syl Cheney-Coker: Non-African: i. Lord Byron: ii. Geoffery Chaucer: iii. Fleur Adcock: iv. Wilfred Wilson Gipson: RECOMME

Study notes & guidance

Study LITERARY APPRECIATION using a recommended Literature in English textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Literature in English, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying LITERARY APPRECIATION, you should be able to:

1. Identify literary devices used in a given passage/extract;
2. Provide an interpretation of the given passage/extract;
3. Relate the extract to true life experiences. NON-AFRICAN PLAYS, NOVELS AND MS arriage of Anansewa re: Anthony and Cleopatra o the Path Does not Die edemption Road ucas: The Journey He Endured Once Upon a Time New Tongue Night Not my Business Hearty Garlands The Breast of the Sea She Walks in Beauty The Nun’s Priest Tale (shortened) The Telephone Call The Stone NDED TEXTS

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Literature in English syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.