THE SCHOOL BOY BY WILLIAMS BLAKES
Williams Blake was born on the 28th November 1757 in London where he remained for most of his life. He was educated at home by his mother until 1767 when he was sent to Henry Pars drawing school. At the…
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Category SS 1 Literature in English Notes (1st, 2nd & 3rd term)
This category contains complete SS 1 Literature in English notes for first, second, and third terms. All topics are arranged according to the WAEC and NECO curriculum to help students understand the foundations of literature.
The lessons cover literary genres such as prose, poetry, and drama, as well as essential literary devices and techniques. These notes are ideal for classroom teaching, revision, and exam preparation throughout the academic session.
Download SS 1 Literature in English notes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd term. Covers WAEC and NECO topics including drama, poetry, prose, and literary devices.
NON-AFRICAN POETRY
PULLEY ABOUT THE AUTHOR George Herbert (1593-1633) like Donne had both a political career (as public orator at Cambridge University and as a Member of Parliament, and religious career as a pastor at Bremerton). His poems reflect a consonant attempt…
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Oliver goldsmith is an Irishman that was born to rev. goldsmith in 1728 at Pallas. The goldsmiths appeared not interested to worldly matters. He lives in solitude. Some cherished staying with adults sometimes. He hated some of…
NON – AFRICAN DRAMA – OTHELLO By Shakespare
OTHELLO The play is in chronological order, one event succeeds, the order. It opens with Lago a soldier under the command of Othello. He is arguing with Roderigo a wealthy manin Venice. He desires to elope with the beautiful Desdemona.…
THE ANVIL AND THE HAMMER
Written by Kofi Awoonor Kofi Awoonor was born at Wheta, near Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana, of a Togolese mother and a Sierra Leonean Father. He was educated in Ghana at Achimota College and the University of Ghana,…
THE DINNING TABLE (GBANABOM HALLOWELL)
ABOUT THE POET He is a Sierra Leonia writer who has produced many works, to develop African literature. A dinning table is from the collection of his poems. The Poem Dinner tonight come with Gun wounds. Our desert Tongues lick…
AFRICAN PEOTRY
GABRIEL IMOMOTINE OBAINBAING OKARA: was born in 1921 in the ijaw area of the delta region of Nigeria. After hi secondary education in, Nigeria, he developed himself, by private reading and deep thinking, into a remarkable person and poet. He…
THE BLOOD OF A STRANGER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Raymond Caleb Ayodele Charley was born on 27th March 1948. He schooled in Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown and onwards in Leads University London. He studied theatre Arts. He worked as a civil servant in the Ministry…
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICA DRAMA – HARVEST OF CORRUPTION
HARVEST OF CORRUPTION ABOUT THE AUTHOR Frank Ogodo Ogbeche is from Yala Area of Cross River State. He attended Awori-Ajeromi Grammar School, Agboju in Lagos and the Federal school of Arts and Science Ogoja in Cross River State. He obtained…
ORAL TRADITION OF LITERATURE
This is the passing on from one generation (and/or Locality) to another of songs, charts, proverbs and other version compositions within and between non-literate cultures; or the accumulated stock of works thus transmitted by word of mouth. Ballade, Folktales, and…
DRAMA
WHAT IS DRAMA Drama is defined as a penetration of life through artificial means. It is an imitation of an action. It is a type of story that exists mainly in action and performed on the stage by different characters.…
DIFFERENT FORMS OF POETRY AND TYPES OF POETRY
Ballad: The word, ballad is derived from a Latin word “ballare” meaning “to dance”. It comprises words which are out of current use. The poem derived from village festivals and are not often written but handed down orally from generation…
POETRY
WHAT IS POETRY? Poetry is a branch of Literature and it is a collection of poems. What is a poem? Poem is a feeling expressed in imaginative language and in deep thought. The person that writes poem is a Poet…
PROSE
WHAT IS PROSE? The third genie of Literature is Prose. Prose which is a literacy piece expressed in ordinary and straight forward language other than in Verse. A writer of Prose is known as PROSE MAN or PROSAIST. The chief…
ELEMENT OF PROSE
Plot:The plot usually refers to the sequence of events and happening that make up a story. There is usually a pattern, unintended or intentional, that threads the plot together. The plot basically refers to the main outcome and order of…
FICTION AND NON-FICTION
What is Friction? This is the general term for invented stories, now usually applied to novels, short stories, novellus, romances, fabled and other narrative works in prose, even though most plays and narrative poems are also fictional. Example of Friction…
GENRE OF LITERATURE – PROSE, POETRY AND DRAMA
Literature in this sense is generally grouped under three main genres: poetry, prose, and drama. Each of these genre has certain features that make it distinctive from others; and it is how these features are deployed by the muter that…
Introduction to the study of Literature-In-English
In general Literature means “Written language” – everything that is “written” and this includes texts produced in disciplines such as Law, Science, Sports, Religion, History, Economics, Technology e.t.c. What is literature as a subject of study? Literature is a…