Perfect Guide Series JUPEB LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH

PEDAGOGUE HOUSE

168 pages

This revised edition of JUPEB Literature-in-English in the Perfect Guide Series has been rewritten to match the Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board syllabus for 2027 2031 (J126 Literature-in-English). Every topic, sub-topic and note in the syllabus content tables is taught, and every prescribed play, novel, and poem is studied. The book follows the order in which the courses are taken: • Part One – LIT 001: Introduction to Drama (first semester) • Part Two – LIT 002: Introduction to Prose Fiction (first semester) • Part Three – LIT 003: Introduction to Poetry (second semester) • Part Four – LIT 004: Literary Appreciation and Practical Criticism (second semester) The main changes from the previous edition are: one chapter for each syllabus topic; full studies of the new prescribed texts – Macbeth (with context questions), Medea, The Way of the World, Our Wives Have Gone Mad Again, Alaafin Aole Arogangan, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Gulliver's Travels, The River Between, Every Day Is for the Thief and the eight prescribed poems; new chapters on the relevance of drama, prose and poetry to society, American and African-American drama, the structure and elements of prose fiction, textual and structural approaches, and the mimetic, pragmatic and objective approaches to criticism; and worked examples for unseen prose and poetry. Each chapter opens with a JUPEB Syllabus Focus box listing what you must be able to do, and contains clear explanations, comparison tables, Exam Tips, Common Traps and Revision Questions. Each prescribed play and novel is followed by a set of objective (multiple-choice) questions arranged by topic – background, plot, characters, themes and techniques – with a full set of context questions on Macbeth. Answer guides to the essay questions, answers with explanations to all the objective questions, and a glossary of literary terms are at the back of the book. Public-domain poems are printed in full. Texts still in copyright are summarised and quoted only briefly; students must read every prescribed text in full in the recommended editions. Past JUPEB examination questions with full answers are published separately in the Perfect Guide Series past-questions volume and should be used alongside this book. We thank the teachers and students whose feedback shaped this edition. The revision was carried out by Pedagogue House.