Exam Details

Subject Australian Literature
Paper
Exam / Course Masters Degree Programme in English
Department School of Humanities (SOH)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Discuss the different trends that were part of the cultural backdrop to the colonisation of Australia.

The ballads of early colonial settlers in Australia are revealing about cultures and peoples that created them. Elaborate.

2. Analyse the use of humour in the story Cranky Jack.

3. Baynton is a writer who valorised the maternal instinct. Explain.

4. Discuss the theme of exile and alienation as reflected in Remembering Babylon.

5. How is The Removalists a critique of Australian society?

6. Patrick White's Voss emerges as a distinctive symbol trying to go beyond the limited vision of the settlers. Elucidate.

7. The poem 'South Country' brings out the ironic mindset of the Australian spirit. Elaborate.

8. Rosemary Dobson's poem 'Cock Crow' speaks of the inner life of a woman. Discuss.


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  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
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  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
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Subjects

  • A Survey Course in 20th Century Canadian Literature
  • American Literature
  • American Novel
  • Aspects of Language
  • Australian Literature
  • British Drama
  • British Novel
  • British Poetry
  • Contemporary Indian Literature in English Language
  • English Studies in India
  • Indian English Literature
  • Literary Criticism and Theory
  • New Literatures in English