DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2009/2010
COURSE: MAC211 (CRITICAL & REVIEW WRITING)
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO
(1) Explain in detail how the following could help the critical/reviewer in his/her chosen career.
- A measure of objectivity
- Realization of the climate of opinion
- Knowledge of how to make estimates and arrive at a conclusion
- Ability to put things in the proper perspective
(2) I. Underscore the importance of journalistic reviews
II. Advise a budding critic/reviewer at crossroads in reviewing a musical production.
(3) The greater the critic the greater the criticism reacts to this assertion
(4) Do a middle-length review of the novel Moral inheritance by Nzeakor Uchechukwu
(5) Briefly explain the following
- Review essay
- Critical article
- Authoritarian critic
- Impressionistic critic
