LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012
EL 5403 – TRANSITIONAL LITERATURE
Date : 27-04-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
PART A
- Annotate or interpret the following in 50 words each: (8 x 3 = 24 marks)
- Language is mediating in my very being. And this brings us to the third aspect of language as culture.
- It had in it the scorpion’s sting
Without its poison.
- Ah he continued, yawning again,
The pains we suffer in building the nation!
- Then, then I packed my mystic drum
And turned away; never to beat so loud any more.
- English was the official vehicle and the magic formula to control elitedom.
- The child thinks she is wiser than
The cotton head of age.
- I am not angry
With the woman with whom
I share my husband.
- Who calls? Does someone call outside?
Bellowing winds? Wind drowns all.
PART B
- Answer any SIX of the following in 150 to 200 words each: (6 x 6 = 36 marks)
- Describe the effect of The Mystic Drum.
- 10. Critically review the theme of transition in the ‘The Voices of Transition.’
- What is the central conflict in The Song of Lawino?
- How does Soyinka treat the theme of conflict in The Lion and the Jewel?
- How do the nation building activities of the two differ in Building the Nation?
- Discuss the cultural side of Snapshots of a Wedding.
- How does Ama Ata Aidoo feature Africa in Certain Winds from the South?
- How does literature help building the national identity, according to Thiongo?
PART C
III. Answer any FOUR of the following in 350 words each: (4 x 10 = 40 marks)
- Consider the oral tradition as featured in Things Fall Apart.
- How does Soyinka fuse African and western traditions in The Lion and the Jewel?
- Analyze the African poems prescribed for your study in terms of tone, style and theme.
- What are the various aspects of language as enumerated by Ngugi wa Thiongo?
- Evaluate the features of African culture as seen from the texts of your study.
- How do Okot p’Bitek, Ama Ata Aidoo and Bessie Head feature womanism in their works?
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