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Structure of the Yoruba JUPEB Syllabus

The Yoruba JUPEB Syllabus is divided into four (4) course units which will be treated during the JUPEB program.

First Semester courses

• YOR 001: Language I: Yorùbá Phonology (3 units)
• YOR 003: Literature I: Yorùbá oral Literature (3 units)

Second Semester courses

• YOR 002: Language II: Yoruba Grammar (3 units)
• YOR 004: Literature II: Written Yoruba literature (3 units)

Detailed Syllabus

YOR 001: Language I: Yorùbá Phonology (3 units)

This is an introduction to the scope of phonology comprising a preliminary treatment of Yoruba speech sounds- vowels and consonants; Yorùbá syllable structure. It also focuses on the sounds system and the phonological processes such as vowel harmony, vowel assimilation, vowel coalescence and deletion that take place when they are found in utterances. It exposes students to Yoruba tones and both phonetic and phonemic transcription of Yoruba words.  The focus of this course is on the sounds system and the phonological processes that take place when they are found in utterances. 

Course Contents

i. Vowels, Consonants and syllabic nasal

The four parameters of classification: place of articulation, manner of application, state of the glottis and what operates in the nasal cavity

ii. Syllable structure types: V, CV and Ṇ

iii. Phonological processes: vowel harmony, assimilation, deletion, coalescence, etc.

iv. Tone: (phonemic and non-phonemic), tonal change, etc.

v. Acculturation of loan words to Yorùbá

YOR 002: Language II: Yoruba Grammar (3 units)

An introductory study of the Yoruba Grammar comprising Yoruba Lexical categories (noun, verb, adjectives etc); the Yoruba phrase and sentence with focus on its structure (simple, compound and complex sentence) and function (declarative, interrogative, exclamation etc.).It also looks at the use of Yoruba enclitics and the distribution of nouns as subject, object etc.

Course Contents

The course is about word and sentence structure. 

1. Word division lexical categories
   • noun
   • verb,
   • adjectives 
   • preposition, etc.
2. Word division non-lexical categories
   • modals
   • tense
   • aspects 
3. Word formation
   • affixation
   • duplication
   • compounding
4. Sentence classification by structure 
   • Simple 
   • compound 
   • complex
5. Sentence classification by function 
   • Declarative
   • Interrogative
   • Exclamation, etc.

YOR 003: Literature I:  Yorùbá Oral Literature (3 units)

An introductory study of the nature and scope of oral Yoruba literature; its oral and transcribed forms, classification (poetry, prose, drama) and a preliminary study of each class type. Yoruba oral literature has three subdivisions which are poetry, prose, drama. Students are taken through a preliminary study of each class.

Course Content

1. Poetry: literary corpus: form (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole etc.) 

Contents (characterization, themes, etc.)

• Ẹsẹ Ifá
• Ìjálá
• Iwìegúngún/ẹ̀ṣà
• Ẹkún ìyàwó

2. Prose:  Yorùbá folklores (moral lesson etc.)

• Àlọ́ (àpagbè àti àpamọ̀)
• Òwe
• Àrọ̀
• Ìmọ́

3. Drama: Yorùbá traditional drama

• Orin àtiijó

YOR 004: Literature II: Written Yoruba literature (3 units)

A preliminary study of various written Yoruba Literature: Poetry, Prose and Drama exemplified by selected works of early authors.

Course Contents

Yorùbá written literature also divides into three: poetry, prose and drama.

1. Poetry: Selection of written poetry of early Yorùbá poets

• Ewì ajẹmọ́ ìṣèlú
• Ewì ajẹmọ́ iṣẹ́
• Ewì ajẹmọ́ àṣà
• Ewì ajẹmọ́ ìwà ọmọlúàbí
• Ewì ajẹmọ́ ìkìlọ̀
• Ewì ajẹmọ́ ẹ̀sìn

2. Prose: Prescribed texts of Early Yorùbá novels

3. Drama: Prescribed texts of Early Yorùbá drama

• Ajẹmọ́ ìṣèlú (Politically related drama)
• Ajẹmọ́ ìwà ìbàjẹ́ (social ills related drama)

Selected Texts

LANGUAGE

AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER/DATE

1. Awóbùlúyì, Ọládélé Essentials of Yorùbá Grammar UPL, Ibadan, 1978
2. Awóbùlúyì, Ọládélé Ẹ̀kọ́ Ìṣẹ̀dá ọ̀rọ̀ Yorùbá Montem Paper Backs, 2008
3. Bámgboṣé, Ayọ̀ Fonọ́lọ́jì àti Gírámà Yorùbá 1 UPL, Ibadan, 1991
4. Ògúnbọ̀wálé, P.A. Essentials of Yorùbá Language UPL, Ibadan, 1970
5. Owólabí, Kọ́lá Ìjìnlẹ̀ Ìtúpalẹ̀ ÈdèYorùbá Oníbọnòjé Press
6. Adéníyì, H & A. Òjó Ìlò-èdè àti ẹ̀dá èdè Yorùbá  African World Press, N Jersey,2005 

ORAL LITERATURE

PROSE

1. Babalọlá, Adébóyè Àkójọpọ̀ Àlọ́ Ìjàpá I and II UPL, Ibadan 1985.
2. Babalọlá, Adébóyè Orin Ọdẹ fúnÀṣeyẹ Macmillan, Ibadan, 1969
3. ẸkúnÌyàwó

POETRY

Sàlámì Ayọ̀ Ifá: A Complete Divination NIDD Publishers, Lagos 2005

WRITTEN LITERATURE

PROSE

1. I.B. Thomas ÌtànÈmiṢègilọláẸlẹ́yinjú-ẹgẹ́…  DB MARTOY Books, Ibadan, 2010
2. D.O. Fágúnwà Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmọlè. Nelson Publishers, 1938.

POETRY

1. Ọbásá, A. Ewì Yorùbá
2. Aróbíodu, Ṣóbọ̀ Àròfọ̀ Orin Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodu

Drama

1. Ọdúnjọ J.F. Agbàlọ́wómérìíBaálẹ̀ Jòntolo
2. Fálétí, A. Baṣọ̀runGáà Oníbọnòjé Publishers, Ibadan, 1972

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