University Of Pune Question Paper
M.A. (Part - II)
ENGLISH
Optional Paper - 3.8 : Multicultural Discourse in Immigrant Fiction - I
(Sem. - III) (2008 Pattern)
Time :3 Hours] [Max. Marks :80
Instructions to the candidates:-
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) All questions carry equal marks.
P585
Q1) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) Define the term ‘New Ethnicities’. Bring out its significance.
b) Define the term ‘Hybrid identities’. Comment on its importance in
immigrant experience.
c) Explain ‘cultural re-location’ as a diaspora experience.
Q2) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) How can an author’s ideology be reflected in a text’s discourse? Explain
with reference to at least one of the texts prescribed.
b) Elaborate on literature as a social discourse. Explain with reference to
any Feminist, Post - Colonial or Multicultural novel.
c) ‘Discourse analysis reveals the social interactions of a literary text’.
Explain.
Q3) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) How does Jasmine resist the formation of her identity by the dominant
groups in the novel?
b) What is the relation between technology and identity formation? Explain
with reference to the novel, ‘Jasmine’.
c) How far does Jasmine’s cultural past haunt her despite acquiring a new
cultural identity? Explain.
Q4) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) Write a note on the economic inequality as reflected in the novel, ‘The
Inheritance of Loss’.
b) Comment on Gyan’s resistance of Eurocentricism.
c) Is Kiran Desai critical of the view that the West is a center of modernity?
Explain with reference to the novel, ‘The Inheritance of Loss’.
Q5) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) Explain in brief the effects of cultural dislocation on the characters, Jasmine
and Biju in the novels, ‘Jasmine’ and ‘The Inheritance of Loss’
respectively.
b) Write a note on Diaspora sensibility as reflected in the novels, ‘Jasmine’
and ‘The Inheritance of Loss’.
c) Discuss the themes of cultural conflict and immigrant experience in relation
to the texts prescribed.
M.A. (Part - II)
ENGLISH
Optional Paper - 3.8 : Multicultural Discourse in Immigrant Fiction - I
(Sem. - III) (2008 Pattern)
Time :3 Hours] [Max. Marks :80
Instructions to the candidates:-
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) All questions carry equal marks.
P585
Q1) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) Define the term ‘New Ethnicities’. Bring out its significance.
b) Define the term ‘Hybrid identities’. Comment on its importance in
immigrant experience.
c) Explain ‘cultural re-location’ as a diaspora experience.
Q2) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) How can an author’s ideology be reflected in a text’s discourse? Explain
with reference to at least one of the texts prescribed.
b) Elaborate on literature as a social discourse. Explain with reference to
any Feminist, Post - Colonial or Multicultural novel.
c) ‘Discourse analysis reveals the social interactions of a literary text’.
Explain.
Q3) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) How does Jasmine resist the formation of her identity by the dominant
groups in the novel?
b) What is the relation between technology and identity formation? Explain
with reference to the novel, ‘Jasmine’.
c) How far does Jasmine’s cultural past haunt her despite acquiring a new
cultural identity? Explain.
Q4) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) Write a note on the economic inequality as reflected in the novel, ‘The
Inheritance of Loss’.
b) Comment on Gyan’s resistance of Eurocentricism.
c) Is Kiran Desai critical of the view that the West is a center of modernity?
Explain with reference to the novel, ‘The Inheritance of Loss’.
Q5) Attempt any two of the following : [16]
a) Explain in brief the effects of cultural dislocation on the characters, Jasmine
and Biju in the novels, ‘Jasmine’ and ‘The Inheritance of Loss’
respectively.
b) Write a note on Diaspora sensibility as reflected in the novels, ‘Jasmine’
and ‘The Inheritance of Loss’.
c) Discuss the themes of cultural conflict and immigrant experience in relation
to the texts prescribed.
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