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JAMB Recommended Books for Literature in English

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JAMB Recommended Books for Literature in English

A LIST OF SELECTED AFRICAN AND NON-AFRICAN PLAYS, NOVELS AND POEMS

  1. Drama:
    1. African:
      1. Frank Ogodo Ogbeche : Harvest of Corruption
    2. Non African:
      1. William Shakespeare : Othello
  2. Prose:
    1. African:
      1. Amma Darko : Faceless
    2. Non-African:
      1. Richard Wright : Native Son
  3. Poetry:
    1. African:
      1. Birago Diop : Vanity
      2. Gbemisola Adeoti : Ambush
      3. Gabriel Okara : Piano and Drums
      4. Gbanabam Hallowell : The Dining Table
      5. Lenrie Peter : The Panic of Growing Older
      6. Kofi Awoonor : The Anvil and the Hammer
    2. Non African:
      1. Alfred Tennyson : Crossing the Bar
      2. George Herbert : The Pulley
      3. William Blake : The School Boy
      4. William Morris : The Proud King

ANTHOLOGIES

  1. Gbemisola, A. (2005) Naked Soles, Ibadan: Kraft
  2. Hayward, J. (ed.) (1968) The Penguin Book of English Verse, London Penguin
  3. Johnson, R. et al (eds.) (1996) New Poetry from Africa, Ibadan: UP Plc
  4. Kermode, F. et al (1964) Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Vol. II, London: OUP
  5. Nwoga D. (ed.) (1967) West African Verse, London: Longman
  6. Parker, E.W. (ed.) (1980) A Pageant of Longer Poems London: Longman
  7. Senanu, K. E. and Vincent, T. (eds.) (1993) A Selection of African Poetry, Lagos: Longman
  8. Soyinka, W. (ed.) (1987) Poems of Black Africa, Ibadan: Heinemann

CRITICAL TEXTS

  1. Abrams, M. H. (1981) A Glossary of Literary Terms, (4th Edition) New York, Holt Rinehalt and Winston
  2. Emeaba, O. E. (1982) A Dictionary of Literature, Aba: Inteks Press
  3. Murphy, M. J. (1972) Understanding Unseen, An Introduction to English Poetry and English Novel for Overseas Students, George Allen and
  4. Unwin Ltd. Jerry A. (2018) Sorters and Sortees Ibadan, Kraftgriots.
  5. Jerry A. (2018) Specks In Our Eyes Ibadan, Kraftgriots.

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27 Comments on 'JAMB Recommended Books for Literature in English'

  1. darnell May 11, 2021

    please is this the only books recommended for jamb 2021

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  2. Adedoyin oluwatimileyin May 3, 2021

    Is it the recommended text for 2020 we are also going to use in this year’s utme(2021)?

    Reply to Adedoyin
  3. Bamidele Bukola Gloria May 1, 2021

    Please what are the correct novel for Jamb 2021 literature in English

    Reply to Bamidele
  4. Anonymous Apr 21, 2021

    Sir, what are the precise jamb recommended texts in literature for this year(2021)

    Reply to Anonymous
  5. Precious Apr 7, 2021

    Please what are the literature recomended text for 2021 jamb? Is it the previously used one for 2020 or it has been changed?

    Reply to Precious
  6. Godbless Mar 3, 2021

    Is it true that jamb is only OBJ

    Reply to Godbless
  7. Thompson Bamidele Feb 24, 2020

    Comment Text*please help me with jamb recommended poems for 2020

    Reply to Thompson
  8. lama esther daniel Feb 13, 2020

    Comment Text*pls help me out with jamb books 4 litereture in english n english it self plsss

    Reply to lama
    • Anonymous Feb 24, 2020

      Comment Text*please help me with jamb recommended poems for 2020

      Reply to Anonymous
      • Anonymous Dec 28, 2020

        In my school we treated book like invisible Man, midsummer night, wuthering heights etc so this book listed up wouldn’t be used in JAMB

        Reply to Anonymous
  9. Anita Feb 1, 2020

    Please what is jamb 2020 text for literature and english

    Reply to Anita
  10. Happiness Dec 9, 2019

    pls i still dont get it
    what are the recommended Novels for this years Jamb
    i swear am confused

    Reply to Happiness
    • baby girl it is harvest of corruption and faceless Jan 24, 2020

      itis harvest of corruption and faceless

      Reply to baby
    • Anonymous Jan 24, 2020

      pls do not get confused o before you start running high blood pressure

      Reply to Anonymous
  11. BoboYo Dec 5, 2019

    I don’t understand the recommended text for literature still

    Reply to BoboYo
  12. Anonymous Apr 1, 2019

    Comment Text* what are the subjects required for phycologists

    Reply to Anonymous
  13. JOSEPH Feb 18, 2019

    MAKE UNA HELP US PAST DIZ JAMB ABEG. AND WE WILL TRY OUR BEST

    Reply to JOSEPH
  14. Anonymous Jan 24, 2019

    is sweet sixteen the recommended text on use of English

    Reply to Anonymous
  15. Anonymous Feb 23, 2018

    Comment Text*facelesr

    Reply to Anonymous
  16. princess Feb 18, 2018

    what are the recommended novels for literature in english jamb 2018

    Reply to princess
    • aboghobia Jan 24, 2020

      why do you get confused over some certain things it is no other less than harvest of corruption and faceless i just saw it on the internet if you get what i mean tell me you understand.

      Reply to aboghobia
  17. hollammy Feb 16, 2018

    is this for 2018/2019 jamb

    Reply to hollammy
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