M.A. (Semester IV) (CBCS) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (PAPER VII)
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
Day Date: Wednesday, 17-05-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 02.30 PM to 05.00 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Rewrite the following sentences by choosing the correct
alternative.
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Dub poetry is
A form of performance poetry
A poem written for singing purpose
A poem written on countryside
All of the above
In the poem The British the poet says that the languages of the
World should be allowed to flourish to bind them together with

The language of the colonizers The English language
The French language The native language
According to Stead the writer himself must be "other" in order to
represent
The culture The language
Others An oppressed group
The speaker of the poem The Death of Joy Gardiner says that
the educated folks in the country should not
Demonstrate Debate
Oppose the exploitation Separate from the other people
In the poem The Race Industry the poet says that the salary of
the white man depend
Hours of duty Quality of his work
The black man's suffering Education and culture
The poem Everybody is Doing it describes of different
countries.
The dance The cultural traditions
The cultural difference Politics
The poet Benjamin Zephaniah has depicted his life in the poem

The Race Industry Dis Poetry
Everybody is Doing it SOS (Save Our Sons)
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The poet in the poem SOS (Save Our Sons) says that
have killed our kith and kin.
The colonizers The political leaders
The Fascist and Druggist The Babylonians
The protagonist of the novel Devil on the Cross, Wariinga is
defiled by a rich man
Kamarithu Ngorika
Nairobi Illmorog
10) Ngugi Wa Thiong'o has criticized in Devil on the
Cross.
Christianity Neocolonizers
Kenyan authority All of the above
11) In A Jest of God the relationship between Rachel and her
mother is strained because of
Their misunderstanding The communication gap
Rachel's immoral pregnancy All of the above
12) is responsible for Rachel's journey from adolescence
to adulthood.
Nick Mae Cameron
Calla James
13) According to Partha Chatterjee 'Creole nationalism' of the
Americas was built upon
The pidgins of the natives The ambitions of classes
Official nationalism All of the above
14) Homi Bhabha in his essay Cultural Diversity and Cultural
Differences presents cultural difference as an alternative to
Cultural diversity Cultural homogeneity
Multiculturalism None of the above
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When would Britain become the Great Britain, according to
Benjamin Zephaniah?
Bring out the biographical elements from the poem, Dis Poetry?
What is the theme of the poem The Race Industry?
Explain the symbolism used in the poem, The Death of Joy
Gardner?
Explain the following lines-
We despairing, they careering,
We want more peace they want more police.
Why does the poet say, black men of England, Excel as if
in sport for our people?
What is Dis poetry for, according to Benjamin Zephaniah?
What is the purpose of the poet in describing different kinds of
dances?
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Q.3 Write brief answers to any TWO of the following
questions.
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What is the influence of racial discrimination on
postcolonial literature?
Explain the concept of decolonization in brief.
Explain the concept of otherness in Postcolonial literature.
Write short-notes on any two of the following: 06
Define and explain the term Ethnicity in postcolonial
Literature.
Quest for Identity is a major theme in postcolonial
literature. Explain. Why?
What kind of Gender politics in found in postcolonial
literature?
Q.4 Devil on the Cross is a critical examination of Kenyan society.
Explain?
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OR
Critically examine the title A Jest of God.
Q.5 Explain in detail the three models of nationalism as given by
Partha Chatterjee in his essay 'Nationalism as a problem'.