M.A. (Semester III) (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper VII)
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Select the appropriate word:
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„Listen Mr. Oxford by John Agard criticizes
the Oxford English Dictionary
the English language and the commodity of pre-colonized people
the British people who treat the black Caribbean as inferior.
all of the above
The poem „I Give You Thanks My has the biblical allusion to Jesus Christ who stands as
a man of sorrows
a man of love
a man of black pride
none of the above
The ultimate reality and the lone ground of black, according to Gwendolyn Brooks is
the fact that they are black
they have the power now
they are metamorphosed
they can rise one day
The word „Black‟ according to Gwendolyn Brooks
has the Geographic power
has the strength to overcome
has the white strength and energy
all of the above
The speaker in the poem, „Miscegenation‟ is in colour.
black
white
brown
none of the above
Complete the line:-
What is that to the child hacked in bed, To savages expendable as Jews?
black
white
brown
none of the above
The title Things Fall Apart is taken from W. B. following poem
The Celtic Twilight
A vision
The Second Coming
The Tower
The ascription agbala in Igbo culture is
the insulting ascription
another name for woman
means a man who had taken no title
none of the above
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The first part of the novel things Fall Apartments
a lyrical evocation of Unoka‟s gentleness and his love of simple pleasures of life.
historical facts of Africa and its culture.
the British colonialism and resistance to it.
none of the above
10) growth in the novel, In the Castle of My Skin is symbolic as is used to view
the poverty in Caribbean society
the legacy of colonialism and slavery
the change that time brings
all of the above
11) has opened a "Penny Bank and Friendly Society" in Creighton.
Mr. Creighton
Moses
Mr. Slime
Mr. Foster
12) Edward Said argues that western writers have glossed over the oriental with
impartial and unprejudiced mind
stereotypes, misreading and bias
rational and intellectual attitude
all of the above
13) According to NgugiWaThiong‟o language is a means of communication and
basis and process of evolving culture
a carrier of culture
imitates real life
all of the above
14) Frantz Fanon argues that the native writers‟ inspirations in the period of unqualified assimilation are
Europeans
His own countrymen
His own culture
All of the above
Q.2
Answer the following questions in brief. (Any seven)
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State the purpose of the poem „Listen Mr Oxford
Why does the poet say that a wanted man is a dangerous one?
Why does the speaker thank God?
What should be the object of black people according to Gwendolyn Brooks?
How does Gwendolyn Brooks describe Blackness?
What attitude does the poet have to her father in the poem „Miscegenation‟?
Explain the line:
„Waste no compassion on these separate
What is the theme of the poem „A Person is Person because of Other
Write a note on the title „Miscegenation‟?
Q.3

Answer any two of the following.
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How is the Gender represented in Postcolonial literature?
Explain the concept of Occidentalism.
What is the influence of Orientalism on literary theory?
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Answer any two of the following.
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Explain the term Hybridity?
Define and explain the term „Orientalism‟.
Explain the salient features of postcolonial literature.
Q.4
The protagonist of the novel „In the Castle of my is community at large. Explain.
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OR
„Things Fall is the tragic and moving story of Okonkwo and his village of Umuofia. Elucidate.
Q.5
Explain in detail the three phases given by Frantz Fanon in the development of a national culture.
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