M.A.I (Semester IV) Examination, 2017
ENGLISH (PAPER VII)
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
Day Date: Wednesday, 17-05-2017 Max. Marks: 50
Time: 02.30 PM to 04.30 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Choose the correct alternative: 10
The poem that is form of recipe is
The Race Industry The British
Save our Sons Dis Poetry
The dance form of Cuba is
Hula Marimba Reggae Rumba
The dance 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 poet Benjamin Zephaniah has depicted his life in the poem

The Race Industry Dis poetry
Everybody is Doing it SOS (Save Our Sons)
According to Partha Chatterjee, nation-ness is virtually
inseparable from
Political consciousness National consciousness
Linguistic communality Ambitions of the classes
According to Margery Fee, the demand for 'authenticity' denies
Fourth World writers a living, changing
Religion Culture
Language All of the above
Which of the following is not a novel of Ngugi?
A Grain of Wheat The River Between
Weep Not, Child The black Hermit
Rachel Cameron was years old.
Thirty four Thirty two
Thirty three The five
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In the novel A Jest of God the phrase "this giraffe woman" refers
to
May Cameron b)Stacy Rachel Calla
10) In Devil on the Cross, Gatuiria tells the story of the man who sold
his soul to an evil spirit is
Nditika wa Nguunji Nding'uri
Kimeengemeenge Gitutu Wa Gataanguru
Q.2 Answer any five of the following questions in brief. 10
What is the theme of 'The Death of Joy Gardner'?
Explain the lines:
"Without Black suffering they'd have no jobs.
Without our dead they'd have no office."
What appeal does Benjamin Zephaniah make to Black people in
'Save our
Explain the theme of culture domination reflected in the poem
Everybody is Doing It.
What is the message of the poem 'Dis poetry is wid
Explain the concept of multiculturalism with the help of poem The
British?
Q.3 Answer any two of the following questions in brief 06
How racial discrimination is reflected in postcolonial African
literature?
What role does language play in the process of
decolonization?
Explain the theme 'quest for quantity' in postcolonial
literature.
Write short notes on any two of the following. 04
Ethnicity and Postcolonial literature.
Woman and Postcolonial literature.
Role of language in the process of decolonization.
Q.4 Answer any one of the following question. 10
"Devi on the Cross deals with the exploitation of women in
Kenyan society." Discuss.
Comment on the theme of mother-daughter relationship in A Jest
of God.
Q.5 What are the distinct models of nationalism? What does Partha
Chatterjee say about the third-world nationalism?