JAMB Literature in English 2002 Question 8

Question 8

Other Set Texts: African Prose

S.I. Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily: The dominant impression of the first person narrative in the novel gives it

  1. A.an omniscient character
  2. B.an epistolary character
  3. C.a biographical character
  4. D.an autobiographical character
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (an autobiographical character)

Explanation

The narrator tells her own life story as 'I', so the novel reads like an autobiography.