PrepTest 127 - Section 4 - Passage 1 - Question 2

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With his first published works in the 1950s, Amos Tutuola became the first Nigerian writer to receive wide international recognition. ███

Intro topic · Tutuola first Nigerian writer to get wide international recognition

Critics' perspectives · Two perspectives on Tutuola's work

Some praise for new approaches to novel. Other criticize as simple, but distorted retellings of local tales.

Critique of critics · Need to understand genre of Tutuola's work

Critics think he wrote novels. He didn't.

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Main point · He wrote folktales and should be viewed as working within African oral tradition

Although his subjects were not original, originality is not expected from folktales.

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Folktale features · Basic story already known; folktale teller supposed to modify

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Tutuola's work · Various features fit the folktale tradition

Repeating specific episodes, blending English with African idioms and grammar, using traditional techniques of folktale tellers in his writing.

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Tutuola’s approach is described in the last paragraph. Tutuola repeats episodes for emphasis and embellishes familiar tales with personal interpretations or by transferring them to modern settings. He also blends English with African grammar. In addition, the traditional accents and techniques of folktale tellers are evident in his stories. Let’s look for an answer that involves some combination of modern language or setting with the features of traditional Irish folktales.

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Tutuola didn’t write novels. So applying the conventions of the modern novel wouldn’t exemplify his approach.

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Tutuola’s works are not “purely oral art.”

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Tutuola didn’t tell stories of modern life; he told traditional folktales with a modern twist.

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This best exemplifies Tutuola’s approach, which involves telling traditional folktales with an element of modern language or setting.

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Tutuola didn’t tell “original” stories about modern life. He told traditional folktales, but in a modern setting.

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