JAMB Literature in English 2007 Question 18

Question 18

Other Set Texts: African Prose

In Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments, it can be safely assumed that the novel is

  1. A.culturally simple
  2. B.structurally complex
  3. C.naturally simple
  4. D.physically relevant
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Answer: B (structurally complex)

Explanation

The story is not told in a straight line: it shifts between time periods and between Naana's voice and the narrator's account of Baako, which makes its structure complex.