Assignment Code: MEG-9/TMA-3/2005

Coverage: Blocks 1-8

Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt any five. All questions carry equal marks.

1. What do you understand by the term postcolonial studies? Attempt a critique of postcolonialism in relation to Australian Literature.

2. Discuss the characteristic features of A B Patterson's poetry

3. Attempt a psychoanalytical reading of Cranky Jack.

4. Trace the major literary trends in the development of modern Australian poetry.

5. "Voss's essential emphasis is on the curious interrelation between the question of land and identity." Comment.

6. Examine Ee Tiang Hong's poem Coming To as a debate on multiculturalism as it exists in contemporary Australia.

7. Discuss the theme of exile and alienation as reflected in Remembering Babylon.

8. Discuss the theme of violence in The Removalists.