Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 2

TERM: FIRST TERM

SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

CLASS: SS2

REFERENCE

• Lonely Days by BayoAdebowale
• Faceless by AmmaDarko.  
• Exam Reflection Literature- in-English by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi.
• Exam Reflection Literature-in-English (Prose and Drama) by Sunday OlatejuFaniyi

WEEK THREE

LONELY DAYS BY BAYO ADEBOWALE: AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND AND PLOT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BayoAdebowale hails from Adeyipo village in Ibadan, Nigeria. An astute literary scholar, he has written a lot of literary books which cut across the diverse sub-genres of literature. He is a novelist, poet, short-story writer and a librarian. DrAdebowale was a senior principal lecturer in English and former Deputy Rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan. He is also the Founder/Director of the African Heritage Research Library (AHRL), which is the first rural community-based African studies research library in Africa. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Bells University of Technology, Ota.

PLOT ANALYSIS

The novel is about the plight of widowhood in African society. It is the story of Yaremi, whose beloved husband, Ajumobi, died suddenly after a brief illness.Yaremi hails from Adejipo. Ajumobi married her as a virgin. The couple lived Kufi, Ajumobo’s home town. It was a happy union. While other men maltreated their wives, Ajumobi spoilt his wife with love and devotion. The couple had three children namely, Segi, Wura, Alani

Since her husband’s death it has been lonely days and night for Yaremi. Only her little grandson, Woye, lives with her. Her daughters had all

EVALUATION QUESTIONS

1. What do you know about the author of Lonely Days?

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION QUESTIONS

Analyze the plot of the work.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

• “Here comes the princess, now heaven walls on earth”, illustrates the use of A. contrast. B. metaphor. C. metonymy. D. meiosis                                                                                                                                                                                                  

1. An ode is usually a poem written for A. condemnation. B. celebration. C. instruction. D. entertainment.
2. The main character in a literary work is the A. antagonist. B. protagonist. C. narrator. D actor.
3. A sonnet may be divided into an octave and A.  tercet. B. quatrain. C. sestet. D. septet.
4. “All hands on deck” is an example of A. metaphor. B personification. C. synecdoche D. simile

THEORY

Read the plot of Lonely days in Exam Focus and summarize it.