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SAL721S - SOUTHERN AFRICAN LITERATURE - 2ND OPP - JANUARY 2024 |
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NAMIBIA UNIVERSITYOF SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY
FACULTYOF COMMERCE,HUMANSCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTOF COMMUNICATIONAND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BAEN
LEVEL: 7
COURSECODE: SAL721S
COURSE NAME: SOUTHERN AFRICAN
LITERATURE
SESSION:JANUARY 2024
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS:75
2nd OPPORTUNITY (FM, PT, AND DI)
EXAMINER(S):
Ms MWCLOETE
MODERATOR:
DR L.NAMASEB
INSTRUCTIONS
This examination consists of four (4) questions.
Answer ALL four (4) questions.
Permissible materials: Exam paper & Exam script
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTSOF 2 PAGES(Including this front page).
Part A
[25 Marks]
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Question 1
Explain/define the following concepts:
1.1 Mimicry
1.2 Hybridity
1.3 Hegemony
[15 Marks]
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Question 2
[10 Marks]
Colonialism has shaped the political, social, and economic landscape of colonised spaces to fit
Eurocentric perceptions. Discuss the attempts of post-colonial writers to counteract these distorted
presentations.
Part B
[50 Marks]
Question 3 Nervous Conditions Tsittsi Dangarembga
(25)
Write an essay of (±2-3 pages) discussing how Dangarembga presents conflict between the desire for
personal advancement and obligation to tradition/culture, making specific reference to the characters
Tambu, Nyasha and Babamukuru.
Question 4
Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer
(25)
Write an essay of (±2-3 pages) discussing how Gordimer presents the conflict between the desire for
a personal, private life and social responsibility to one's fellow person in the novel.
TOTALMARKS:75-
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