CLASS: B.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE
12A / 206
St. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 002
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – APRIL 2012
TIME: 3 Hrs.
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
SEM
SET
PAPER CODE
TITLE OF THE PAPER
VI
2009
08UEN630213
NEW LITERATURES
SECTION – A
Answer all the questions:
20 x 1 = 20
Choose the correct answer:
1.
The poem ‘Woman to Man’ builds the image of a ________.
a) God
b) Developing embryo
c) Budding flower
d) All the above
2.
The natives of Kenya are known as ________.
a) Zulu
c) Kikuyu
b)
d)
Thoda
Malayali
3.
The name of the Man with wooden leg is ________.
a) Mathew Hayden
b) Stephen Spendor
c) George Bush
d) Farkey Anderson
4.
The personal servant to the professor is ________.
a) Kotonu
b)
c) Samson
d)
Murano
Ogun
Kotonu is a ________.
a) Carpenter
c) Driver
Palm – wine tapper
Bishop
5.
b)
d)
Fill in the blanks:
6.
The eyeless labourer builds for ________ day.
7.
Diop has not seen Africa but only heard about from his ________ songs.
8.
Derek Walcott was openly against the colonial subjugation of the people of ________.
9.
Little Brother’s ________ sang the loudest of all birds.
10.
________is the God of Yoruba people.
State True or False:
11.
‘Woman to Man’ represents the wonder of creating new life.
12.
The poem ‘Africa’ expresses the problems of Africa brought out by Marxism.
13.
Hagar Shipley is the central character of the The Road.
14.
The narrator of ‘The Loons’ is a woman named Vaneesa.
15.
The heroine of the story ‘Talking the Veil’ is Miss.Wilson.
Match the following:
16.
Australia
-
a) Ogun
17.
Kenya
-
b) Pekeha
18.
Nigeria
-
c) Kikuyu
19.
New Zealand
-
d) Land of immigrants
20.
Destroyer
-
e) Yoruba
SECTION – B
Answer all the questions:
21.
a.
5 x 4= 20
Write a short note on the historical backdrop of the poem ‘A Far Cry from Africa’.
OR
22.
b.
Describe ‘The Winter Lakes’.
a.
Explain the development of an embryo cited by Judith Wright.
OR
23.
b.
Discuss Morris’ appeal to the poets of the present day, especially of the West Indies.
a.
Comment on Leacock’s experience with the photographer.
OR
24.
b.
Explain young woman’s unspoken thoughts and memories in ‘Talking the Veil’.
a.
The blood of your sweat
The sweat of your work
The work of your slavery
(i) Who is the poet?
(ii) Explain the meaning of these lines.
OR
b.
But when he walked in his little house
It made an ugly noise
(i) What is the name of a wooden legged man?
(ii) Fix the context.
25.
a.
‘This is the blood’s wild tree that grows
The intricate and folded rose’.
(i) What does ‘the blood’s wild tree’ mean?
(ii) What does the word ‘rose’ refer to?
OR
b.
Where is Sigidi Ope? Where is Sapale Joe who took on six policemen at the crossing and
knocked them all into the river?
(i) What do these lines signify?
(ii) How many police are killed on the road?
SECTION – C
Answer any FOUR questions:
4 x 15 = 60
26.
Elucidate the pain and humiliation of the black people picturised by David Diop.
27.
Describe Okara’s views on the past life and the modern world.
28.
Soyinka is an agent of social change – Discuss.
29.
Explain ‘The Stone Angel’ as a symbol of egoism and materialism.
30.
Illustrate how racism exists in the guise of good intentions through the story ‘The Loons’.
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