Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

YOU 405 — Contemporary Yorùbá Prose Fiction

YOU department course · Nigerian universities

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

• identify the characteristics of contemporary prose fiction
• discuss the historical development of the novel in the Yorùbá language
• classify the contemporary Yorùbá novels
• describe the characteristics of Yorùbá social and historical novel
• explain the features of realism in modern Yorùbá novels
• explain the content and form of Yorùbá crime novel, and

Course contents

Meaning of contemporary Yorùbá prose fiction. Usefulness and functions of Yorùbá prose fiction. Types of Yorùbá prose fiction. Myths, Legends, Folktales, Chain-folktales, etc. The Yorùbá novel. Characteristics of contemporary Yorùbá novel. Classification of Yorùbá novel. Historical development of Yorùbá novel.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study YOU 405.

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