Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

YOU 302 — Varieties of Yorùbá Poetry

YOU department course · Nigerian universities

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

• identify different types of poetry in the language
• describe the role of the audience and various techniques of performing artistes
• explain the features of Yorùbá oral poetry
• differentiate between the structure of Ìyè ̩ rè ̩ -ifá and E ̩ se ̩ -ifá
• examine the content and form of Ìjálá
• enumerate the recurrent themes in Yorùbá oral poems

Course contents

Poetic forms of È ̩ sà. E ̩ se ̩ -ifá/Ìyè ̩ rè ̩ -ifá. Contents and structure of rárà. Contents and form of ìjálá. Oríkì in Yorùbá oral poetic forms. Other local variants, like alámò ̩ , Olele,and Dadakuada etc. and other local variants. The sociological background of Yorùbá oral poetry.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study YOU 302.

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