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Why our teaching of literature must go beyond criticism

In a few weeks, thousands of Kenyan students will sit for their final literature exams in Form Four. They will answer questions on Fathers of Nations, The Samaritan, The Artist of the Floating World and Parliament of Owls. They will also respond to questions on poetry and oral literature scattered in three papers of the English examination.

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