M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Third Semester
English
NEW LITERATURE
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What comparison does Hope make of Australia?
2. What is the inner conflict of Derek Walcott?
3. Who are Achebe's readers?
4. What is the unifying symbol for Canada according to
Atwood?
5. Why is Rita Joe sentenced for imprisonment?
6. What is the desire of Eshuro?
7. What does refer to in the novel Things Fall Apart?
8. Who gave Balram the name White Tiger? Why did he do
so?
9. What art did Royland have in the novel Diviners?
10. What expedition did Voss undertake?
Sub. Code
4MEN3C2
AFF-4744
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Part B X 5 25)
Answer the following questions briefly choosing either
or
11. Does A.D. Hope have a patriotic feeling about his
nation?
Or
Comment on the background of the poem, a Far Cry
from Africa.
12. How best can the Africans be educated about the
greatness of their country and culture?
Or
Why do Canadians write about Canada?
13. Discuss the socio-political factors contributing to the
tragedy in Ryga's play.
Or
Sketch the role played by Forest Father.
14. Write a short note on the "Point of view" employed
by Patrich White in his novel Voss.
Or
Attempt a character sketch of Morag in the
Diviners.
15. How did Balram start the White Tiger Technology
Drivers?
Or
What faults of Okonkwo leads to his downfall?
AFF-4744
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Part C X 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Attempt a critical appreciation of Smith's lovely land.
17. Discuss the influence of Frye on Atwood for the outlining
of her key-patterns.
18. Analyse the post-colonial confrontation between the
mainstream culture against the in Ryga's play.
19. How does The White Tiger portray the corruption in
India?
20. Discuss the Diviners as a Feminist novel.