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Lite 322:South African Literature April 2011 Question Paper

Lite 322:South African Literature April 2011

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Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
COURSE CODE: LITE 322

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ONE questions and Any Other TWO Questions

1. Read the following poem and answer questions that follow;
It was a sherded world I entered it was a sherded world I entered: of broken bottles,
rusty tens and split roof tiles the littered earth was full of menace with jagged edges
waiting the naked feet holes, trenches, ditches were scattered traps and broken land in
waste plots, our playing field:
This was the world through which I learnt world
and this the image for my vision of the world.
a) Explain the signifigance of the word ‘sherded’ as used in the first line of poem. (4 Marks)
b) What, in larger metaphorical terms do you think the menace of ‘rusty tins’,
‘jagged edges’ represent. (7 Marks)
c) The poet talks about ‘scaltered traps.’ In relation to apartheld system and the attendant
limitations, what are the targets, who sets them and who is the largets? (6 Marks)
d) Identify and describe any graphological devise used in the poem and its thematic
significance. (3 Marks)
e) To what extent has the writer of this poem portrayed the apartheld situations through
this piece of art? (10 Marks)

2. Through a critical analysis of the theme of oppression in M.Dickinsons, When Bullets Begin
to Flower, trace the human response to hostile conditions.

3. Dioceess the limitations of Ezekiel Mphahleles life in Down Second Avenue. How does he
eventually break out of these limitations?

4. Describe the programme of liberation in Alex La Guma’s in the fog of the season’s end.

5. Discuss The Blood Knot by Athol Fugard as a dramatic portrayal of the racial situation in
apartheld south Africa. How does Alex La Guma use them to address societal maladies?

6. The characters in A walk in the Night are symbolic representations of people in apartheld
south Africa. How does Alex la Guma use them to the address societal maladies?

Lite 322:South African Literature April 2011 Question Paper

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