Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University 2007 M.A Australian Literature (MEG-09) - Question Paper

March-07 MEG-09 1
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University
Term End exam : March-2007
Master of Art in English (MEG)
Australian Literature (MEG-09)
Date O Wednesday, 18-04-2007 Total Marks O 70
Time O 11-00 to 02-00 Weightage O 70 %
Note :
1. All ques. are compulsory
2. Indicate clearly the choices you attempt.
3. All ques. carry equal marks.
1) (a) explain 'The Wild Colonial Boy' as an Australian ballad that represent the
early history of Australia. [14]
OR
(b) Voss depicts the issue of identity and foregrounds the ques. of selfdiscovery.
Discuss.
2) (a) explain the thematic strands in Australian literature. [14]
OR
(b) elaborate the prominent themes of short fiction in Australia?
3) (a) Write a note on structure of Remembering Babylon. [14]
OR
(b) How is The Removalist a critique of Australian society?
4) (a) Cotemporary Australian poetry speaks for a time and space what are.
[14]
OR
(b) elaborate the problems that woman writing is concerned with in Modern
Australian Poetry..
5) Write short notes on ANY 2 : [14]
(a) City and Bush.
(b) Themes covered in The Drover's spouse.
(c) Psychoanalyse Cranky Jack.
(d) The Aboriginal writing in contemporary Australian fiction.
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