Test Papers / Previous Question Papers of IGNOU MEG9 Australian Literature June 2006

MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH
Term-End Examination

June, 2005

MEG-9 : AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE

Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

1. Is nineteenth century Australian poetry entirely masculine? Discuss. 20

2. "The drovers are portrayed as hypocrites in The Union Buries its Dead." Discuss. 20

3. Judith Wright's poems - Legend and Bullocky give the impression that the country has been transformed into a promised land. Do you agree ? What was Australia like earlier ? 20

4. "Voss has several layers of meaning embedded in it." How would you consider the various levels of meaning in Voss ? 20

5. Do you agree that At Shogger's Funeral is a poem that tells of the pressures of contemporary life and its consequences ? Discuss. 20

6. Has Australia's colonial identity evolved into a national identity ? Discuss with reference to Remembering Babylon. 20

7. What are the principal themes and concerns that mark out the parameters of Williamson's plays?

8. What has Aboriginal writing contributed to Australian literature ? Discuss with reference to any text/s you have read. 20