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IGNOU MEG-08 Dec- 2017 Question Paper
Note: Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks. Answer each question in about 500 words.
Q1. Write a note on the origin and development of Caribbean Literature.
Ans. Refer to Chapter 1, Unit-3, Q. 2 FOR FULL ANSWER
Q2. Discuss the title of the novel A Grain of Wheat with special reference to Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s use of Christian mythology.
Ans. Refer to Chapter 2, Unit-6, Q. 3 FOR FULL ANSWER
Q3. Comment on the two time frames and the play-within-the-play in Wole Soyinka’s A Dance of the Forests.
Ans. Refer to Chapter 3, Unit-3, Page No.-120 & Refer to Dec-2016, Q. 4 FOR FULL ANSWER
Q4. Discuss Bapsi Sidhwa’s use of the English language in the novel Ice-Candy Man. How does she mould it to suit the context?
Q5. Attempt an analysis of Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas as a diasporic novel.
Ans. Refer to Chapter 5, Unit-4, Q. 1 FOR FULL ANSWER
Q6. Write a note on the oral rhythms employed by Kamau Brathwaite in his poem “Wings of a Dove”.
Ans. Refer to Chapter 6, Unit-4, Q. 2 FOR FULL ANSWER
Q7. How does the mandala motif work in different ways at the level of theme and structure in the novel The Solid Mandala?
Ans. Refer to Chapter 7, Unit-4, Q. 1 FOR FULL ANSWER
Q8 Is the self-alienation of Hagar Shipley in Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel a consequence of her pride or her religious background? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Ans. Refer to Chapter 8, Unit-3, Q. 2 FOR FULL ANSWER
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