M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2018.
Fourth semester
English
Paper 4.1 COMMON WEALTH LITERATURE — II
(w.e.f. 2015-17 batch)
2 10141-A
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 70
PART — A
1. Write short essays on FOUR of the following: 2
5 1 22 Marks)
Canadian feminism.
Hybridity.
Negritude.
Animal imagery in "A Far Cry from Africa".
Meaning of "Manichaean world" in The Wretched of the Earth.
Veena in A change of Skies.
The Edible Woman as an "anti-comedy" novel.
Ice-Candy-Man as a political Novel.
PART — B
Answer FOUR of the following questions: 12 48 Marks)
2. Comment on the common themes in common wealth literature.
Or
Comment on depiction of landscape in common wealth fiction.
3. Bring out the significance of the title "After Rain".
Or
How might one paraphrase the poem "Ruins of a Great House," by Derek
Walcott?
4. Do you see a relationship between the kind of work Marian does in consumer
research with the particular way her life begins to disintegrate.
Or
Explain how Rayland, Christie and Morag are diviners in their own ways.
5. Comment on the narrative techniques in Katherine Mansfield's short stories.
Or
Discuss the role of violence in colonialism.
6. Explain the central theme of A change of Skies.
Or
Discuss Racial, National and Cultural issues in the novel the Ice Candy Man.
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