Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

YOU 406 — Contemporary Yorùbá Poetry

YOU department course · Nigerian universities

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

• identify different forms of modern poetry
• list the Yorùbá early poets in the colonial era
• examine the role of Sobo Arobiodu and his poems
• identify the unique features of O ̩ dunjo ̩ ’s poems
• analyse the poems of Lańrewájú Adepo ̩ ju, particularly Ìrònú Akéwì
• analyse selected written poetry texts

Course contents

A critical appreciation of contemporary poetry in the Yorùbá language with particular reference to the works of selected poets, noting their moral, religious, entertainment, commercial and socio-political functions.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study YOU 406.

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