Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

YOU 107 — Introduction to Yorùbá Oral Literature

YOU department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• describe the meaning of oral literature and its characteristics
• identify various classifications of oral literature
• have practical knowledge of the chants and be able to do them
• identify Yorùbá prose forms
• list different kinds of Yorùbá oral poetics
• explain the structure of e ̩ se ̩ ifá (ifá literary corpus), and

Course contents

Arts 649 New The scope of oral literature in Yorùbá language. Its oral and written nature. Problems involved in the collection of oral literature. Classification of oral literature. Transcription of oral literature. Analysis of selected chants and traditional festivals. Traditional poetry. Drama. Prose fiction. Myths. Legends.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study YOU 107.

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