Exam Details
| Subject | elective – post colonial and subaltern literary studies | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | November, 2017 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Fourth Semester
English
Elective POSTCOLONIAL AND SUBALTERN
LITERARY STUDIES
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What reason does the speaker in the poem give for her
prolonged labour?
2. Which song could the father in the poem, "Song" never
sing?
3. What are the means of physical subjugation and spiritual
subjugation of a people according to Ngugi Va Thiongo?
4. What triad of descriptors of women does Spivak introduce
in the first part of her essay, "Feminism and Critical
Theory?"
5. What are the three parts of Naipaul's book?
6. Why is Ezeulu's son Obika whipped by Mr. Wright?
7. Which incident involving a village elder first made Bama
know about untouchability as a child?
8. Who encouraged Bama in her studies?
Sub. Code
1MEN4E3
AFC-10520
2
WK16
9. What does Ranjit say about his life, abroad?
10. What is the common character trait in Sharad and
Deepali?
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. How does the speaker variously describe the
reactions of the audience as he reads out his poems
to them, in the poem, "Poetry Reading?"
Or
Explain the ideas expressed in the poem, "No Entry
for the New Sun".
12. How were students punished for speaking their
mother-tongue in Kenyan schools during Ngugi va
Thiongo's schooldays?
Or
Explain how Spivak uses Margaret Drabble's The
Waterfall to facilitate her arguments in "Feminism
and Critical Theory?"
13. What does Naipaul say about the place of religion in
his life?
Or
What causes divisions in Ezeulu's own household?
14. How does Bama describe the food that she ate as a
child?
Or
Describe the system of bonded labour in Bama's
village.
AFC-10520
3
WK16
15. Comment on Prakash's change of name and his
decision to marry Kiran.
Or
Sketch the character of Bunny Singh.
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Critically examine the pain and power of the voices that
come through in the poetry collection, No Entry for the
New Sun.
17. How does Ngugi va Thiongo describe the intrinsic
relationship between language and culture?
18. Comment on the negative portrayal of India in
V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness.
19. Study Karukku as an authetic record of Dalit life in
India.
20. Analyse the plot of A Muggy Night in Mumbai.
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Fourth Semester
English
Elective POSTCOLONIAL AND SUBALTERN
LITERARY STUDIES
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What reason does the speaker in the poem give for her
prolonged labour?
2. Which song could the father in the poem, "Song" never
sing?
3. What are the means of physical subjugation and spiritual
subjugation of a people according to Ngugi Va Thiongo?
4. What triad of descriptors of women does Spivak introduce
in the first part of her essay, "Feminism and Critical
Theory?"
5. What are the three parts of Naipaul's book?
6. Why is Ezeulu's son Obika whipped by Mr. Wright?
7. Which incident involving a village elder first made Bama
know about untouchability as a child?
8. Who encouraged Bama in her studies?
Sub. Code
1MEN4E3
AFC-10520
2
WK16
9. What does Ranjit say about his life, abroad?
10. What is the common character trait in Sharad and
Deepali?
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. How does the speaker variously describe the
reactions of the audience as he reads out his poems
to them, in the poem, "Poetry Reading?"
Or
Explain the ideas expressed in the poem, "No Entry
for the New Sun".
12. How were students punished for speaking their
mother-tongue in Kenyan schools during Ngugi va
Thiongo's schooldays?
Or
Explain how Spivak uses Margaret Drabble's The
Waterfall to facilitate her arguments in "Feminism
and Critical Theory?"
13. What does Naipaul say about the place of religion in
his life?
Or
What causes divisions in Ezeulu's own household?
14. How does Bama describe the food that she ate as a
child?
Or
Describe the system of bonded labour in Bama's
village.
AFC-10520
3
WK16
15. Comment on Prakash's change of name and his
decision to marry Kiran.
Or
Sketch the character of Bunny Singh.
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Critically examine the pain and power of the voices that
come through in the poetry collection, No Entry for the
New Sun.
17. How does Ngugi va Thiongo describe the intrinsic
relationship between language and culture?
18. Comment on the negative portrayal of India in
V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness.
19. Study Karukku as an authetic record of Dalit life in
India.
20. Analyse the plot of A Muggy Night in Mumbai.
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