M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Third Semester
English
NEW LITERATURE
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. How does the colonialists look upon the natives, according
to Derek Walcott?
2. What kind of picture has A.J.M. Smith painted of a
landscape in his poem?
3. What does Judith Wright call as "Australias' double
aspect"?
4. Define Cultural Survival.
5. What is the subject of the play "A Dance of the Forests"?
6. How is David Joe different from Jaimie Paul?
7. Why did Nnu Ego move to Lagos?
8. What was the crime committed by Okonkwo?
9. Who is the narrator in Patrick White's novel
10. What kind of a person was Morag's father?
Sub. Code
1MEN3C2
AFC-10833
2
Sp 3
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. What does Australia lack?
Or
Why was Derek Walcott caught in a dilemma?
12. What are the two impulses found in early
Australian writing and experience?
Or
Why do Canadians write about Canada?
13. Write a short note on Ogun, the Yoruba God.
Or
How was Rita Joe booked in a prostitution case?
14. Sketch the characters of Nnu Ego.
Or
How dos Achebe describe the plight of women in the
tribal society of Africa?
15. Write a paragraph on the practice of "divining" in
the novel "The Diviness".
Or
Explain briefly Voss' motive.
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Examine the style employed by A.J.M Smith in his poem
"The Lovely Land".
17. Discuss 'the four victim positions' of Atwood.
AFC
18. Comment on the various dramatic techniques employed
by Soyinka in "A Dance of the Forests".
19. Discuss the significance of the title "The Joys of
Motherhood".
20. How does Morag serve as a symbol of courage and
endurance?
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