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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -ENGLISH LITERATURE
FOURTH SEMESTER APRIL 2018
EL 4503- NEW LITERATURES
Date: 08-05-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART A
I. Annotate any EIGHT of the following in not more than 75 words each
(Eight out of Ten)
1. We are the first Australians here, don't call us Aboriginals.
They want to assimilate us now, and they will never stop.
While our blood is spilt on sacred ground, they give medals to the cops. 2. Beneath it all I kept faith with Ithaca, travelled, Travelled and travelled, Suffering much, enjoying a little;
3. After 600 years the ivory thought is still warm. 4. Ah he continued, yawning again The pains we suffer in building the nation. 5. People in the colonies, she said, Can't quite understand… 6. And there are black women Strong and eloquent And focused 7. No independent country should allow its most vital decisions about the study of their culture to be taken by foreigners. 8. Imperialism in its colonial and neo-colonial stages, is the enemy of those human values of liberation.
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9.Equally obvious is the fact that freedom from hunger, sickness and poverty depends on an increase in the wealth and knowledge available in the community. 10. Development brings freedom, provided it is development of people. PART B
II. Answer any SIX of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(Six out of Eight)
11. Attempt an essay on Troy Hopkins's views on the first Australians.
12. Discuss the theme in Entry into Soweto by Janice Shinebourne.
13. Describe the customs of Igbo society as seen in Achebe'sThings Fall Apart.
14. What are NgugiWaThiongo's ideas about literature in schools?
15. Attempt a critical appreciation of Lawrence Scott's The FitfulLife.
16. Comment on the alienation of the settler's in Allen Curnow's Houseand Land.
17. Discuss the salient features in Faiz Ahmed Faiz'sMy Guests.
18. Trace the highlights in Entry into Soweto by MbuleloVizikhungoMzamane.
PART C
Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 400 words each
(Four out of Six) (4x10=40)
19. Edwin Thumboo's poem describes the mythic Ulysses imagined encounter with the
statue of the Merlion and his thoughts about the people and culture of Singapore.
Discuss.
20. Discuss Julius Nyerere's views on freedom and development in his essay.
21. Analyze the characterization in The Rebels by NgugiWaThiongo.
22. Comment on the aptness of the title,Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
23. Discuss the common themes in the poems prescribed.
24 . List some of the themes in the prescribedshort stories.