Name of the University : Vardhman Mahaveer Open University
Degree : MA
Department : English
Subject Code/Name : MAEG-09 – Post Colonial Literature
Year : II
Document Type : Question Bank
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Postcolonial Literature :
Section A
1) What is the source of the title of Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart”-
2) How does Lenny respond to Gandhi ji in “Ice Candy Man”-
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3) What does ‘Exile’ refer to in the Parthasarthy’s poem-
4) What does Chatterjee say about Anticolonial nationalism-
5) What do you about Malli Bomma in “Tale Danda”-
6) What do you understand by the term “Diaspora”-
7) What is ethnic separation-
8) What do you know about Qurban Ali in “A Letter from India”-
9) What does Hope mean when he says Australian cities are like ‘five teeming sores’-
10) The ‘Non – Eastern’ man failed to understand the East. Explain.
11) What happens in the climax scene of “Tale Danda’-
12) What does “My Four Enemies” foreground-
13) What is partition literature-
14) What is poetic diction-
15) How is language related to culture-
16) What is post structuralism-
17) What do you understand by “Exoticization”-
18) Trace the similarity between the last scenes of Tale Danda and Tughlaq.
19) How does Naipaul agree with Dr. Sudhir Kakkar regarding Indian ego-
Section B
1) Write a note on post colonial travel writing-
2) Comment on Bijjala’s relationship with Basavanna in “Tale Danda”.
3) What do you understand by non – modern India-
4) How would you define post colonialism-
5) Write a note on Negritude as a literary movement.
6) Comment on the stream of consciousness technique used by Arasanyagam.
7) “A letter from India “is a story in the epistolary from. Discuss.
8) How does “Things Fall Apart” reflect Igbo traditions-
9) Write a note on the locale of the novel “Ice Candy Man”
10) Trace Walcott’s personal inner conflict over the war in “A Far Cry from Africa”
11) How does Diop express the evils of slavery and colonialism in the poem “Africa”-
12) What does Mukherjee’s observation on herself in resisting Canadian racism reflect-
13) Write a note on the collapse of communism.
14) Write a note on the use of history in ‘Tale Danda’.
15) Comment on the title “Things Fall Apart”.
16) Write a note on the last leg of the journey by Jean Arasanayagam.
17) Caste is an overriding concern in the story “My Four Enemies”. Discuss.
18) How will you distinguish between Standard English and Englishes-
19) Comment on the imagery of darkness in the poem “Niggers Leap, New England-
20) Summarize Mukherjee’s discussion on multiple identities.
Section C :
Answer the following in detail (800 words each) :
** Critically analyze the themes and issues raised in “My Four Enemies”.
** Discuss the narrative technique used in “my four enemies”.
** Critically analyze “Australia” by A. D. Hope.
** Critically analyze “Nigger’s Leap, New England”.
** Give an overview of “The Intimate Enemy”
** What is post colonial discourse? Discuss.
** Write a critically summary of “A Wounded Civilization”.
** Discuss “A Wounded Civilization” as a travel text.
** Discuss the development of plot and narrative approach of “Things Fall Apart”.
** Compare and contrast the characters of Okonkwo and Nwoye.
** Write a critical summary of “An Introduction” by Kamala Das.
** Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Exile from Homecoming” by R. Parthasarthy.
** Critically examine the dramatic structure of “Tale Danda”.
** Critically evaluate the character of Bijjalla in “Tale Danda”.
** Write an essay on the prominent issues about Indian Diaspora raised by Amitav Ghosh.
** How does Amitav Ghosh analyze the cultural features of the modern Diaspora of India?
** ‘Ice Candy Man” is a novel that fictionalizes a historical event marked by the ill judgment of individuals and establishments in the first half of the twentieth century. Discuss.
** Write an essay on the art of characterization in “Ice Candy Man”.