JAMB Literature in English 1978 Question 47

Question 47

Literary History

One of the following writers is better known as a playwright than as a novelist

  1. A.C. Achebe
  2. B.C. Ekwensi
  3. C.W. Soyinka
  4. D.J.P. Clark
  5. E.E.G. Okara.
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Answer: C (W. Soyinka)

Explanation

Soyinka is mainly a dramatist (The Lion and the Jewel, Kongi's Harvest); Achebe and Ekwensi are novelists.