M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Fourth Semester
English
Elective POST COLONIAL AND SUBALTERN
LITERARY STUDIES
(CBCS 2011 and 2012 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What does the speaker in the poem, "No Entry for the
New Sun" say about the scriptures?
2. What injustice does the speaker talk about in the poem,
"Yashodhara?"
3. Who according to Ngugi was Thioonga was responsible
for the beginning of the Nairobi literature debate?
4. Which woman writer's fiction is critically examined by
Spivak in her essay, "Feminism and Critical Theory?"
5. How does Naipaul describe the Taj Mahal?
6. Why does Ezeulu send his son Oduche to church?
7. What was the immediate reaction of Bama when she saw
her village elder hold the packet of snacks in a string?
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8. Who impressed upon Bama the importance education?
9. Who is Bunny Singh?
10. What advice does the psychiatrist give to Kamlesh?
Part B 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. Discuss how the poet picturises life in the speaker's
villages in the poem, "In our Colony".
Or
How does the poem, "Poetry Reading" bring out the
different kinds of reader reactions to Dalit Poetry?
12. What does Ngugi say about the stories he had heard
as a child, sitting together as a family around the
fire?
Or
Describe how Spivak connects Marxism with
feminism in her essay titled, "Feminism and
Critical Theory?
13. What does Naipaul say about his life in Trinidad?
Or
What is the significance of the yam harvest in An
Arrow of God?
14. Describe Bama's ambitions and disillusionment
with regard to her role as nun at the church.
Or
What kind of childhood did Bama have?
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15. Explain how the different characters in Dattani's
play try to hide their gay identities.
Or
Describe the character of Deepali.
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Evaluate "No Entry for the New Sun" as a testimonial to
the age-long suffering of Dalits and their slow but sure
awakening to their plight in recent times.
17. Write in detail about the impact of English language and
literature on African school children, as Ngugi describes
it
18. Attempt a study of An Arrow of God from a postcolonial
perspective.
19. Explain how one woman's personal life story speaks the
anguish of the universal Dalit experience in Karukku.
20. Do you think Dattani's play succeeds in sensitizing
readers minds to the predicament of gays living in the
midst of a society that approves heterosexual
relationships only? Comment.
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