African Literature — DU B. A. (Hons) English Previous Year Question Papers

(b) In Song of Lawino, her lack of knowledge of the English language is one of the reasons why Ocol is bitter towards Lawino and in love with 8. (a) How does Mandela describe 'freedom' in the rodents from the select sections in your syllabus. OR b) Do you agree that the Long Walk to Freedor s a "moral jigsaw puzzle"? Comment on thi statement based on the sections in your 9. (a) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The Danger of single story" argues that no culture or natio an be reduced to a single narrative. Use an (b) In Black Skin, White Masks, Franz Fanon said, ...there is but one destiny for the black man ind it is white." Do you agree? Comment usin any two texts from your syllabus. Discipline Specific (Honours Course) (c) Candidates must answer any three questions in Part-A and any three questions in Part-B. (d) Questions in Part-A carry 10 marks each, and questions in Part-B carry 20 marks each. 1. (a) Give three examples from Flora Nwapa's novel Efuru that depict the conflict between tradition and modernity. (b) Write a short note on Efuru's husbands. 2. (a) Identify, contextualize and critically comment on the following: "I who yet await a mother Felt this dread I who flee from womb To branded womb, cry it now I'll be born dead! (b) Write a critical note on the Yoruba mythology in Wole Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests. 3. (a) Identily, contextualize and critically commer on the following: So I have learned so many things, son. I have learned to wear many faces like dresses-homeface, officeface, streetface, hostface, cocktailface, with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile. (b) What role does the girl in the hotel room play n revealing the moral dilemmas of th rotagonist of Nadine Gordimer's story Jumpi 4. (a) Write a short note on the relationship of Nelson andela with his nephew, K. D. Matanzima, nembu chief, and chief minister of th Transkei, based on the prison letter sent to him. (b) Justify the statement, "We frequently encountered prejudice in the court itself" from Long Walk to Freedom. 5. (a) How does Efuru use the metaphors of childbirth and motherhood? Discuss using illustrations from the novel. (b) Flora Nwapa shows "women succeeding outside of the traditional women's role o 6. (a) The play-within-a-play centred on the ancient court of Mata Kharibu demonstrates the cyclical patterns of historical injustice and betrayal. Do you agree? Give a reasoned answer. (b) The ology, a culty a pradais constitutes the dominant thematic framework of Soyinka's A Dance of the Forests. Comment. 7. (a) In Jump, Nadine Gordimer delineates not just the protagonist's psychological turmoil arising out of his own past actions but also a broader post- apartheid anxiety of white South Africans who struggle to adjust to their new position in a nation undergoing political transformation.