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SAL721S - SOUTHERN AFRICAN LITERATURE - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2025 |
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nAm I BI A u n IVE RS ITV
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BEAN
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE : SAL721S
COURSE NAME: SOUTHERN AFRICAN LITERATURE
SESSION:
NOVEMBER 2025
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS:
100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Ms. MW CLOETE
MODERATOR: Dr. L NAMASEB
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
1. Examination paper
2. Examination script
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _3_ PAGES (Including this front page)
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Part A
(50 Marks]
Question 1
(9 Marks]
Provide the correct concept/notion for the following descriptions:
1.1 A style of thought based upon an ontological and epistemological distinction made between
the orient and the occident
(2)
1.2 System of institutionalized racial division enforced by the National Party in in South Africa
between 1948 and democratic rule in the early 1990s
(2)
1.3 The body of literature and critical theory that deals with the aftermath and effects of
Europe's expansion into Africa .
(2)
1.4 Write down the names of the following texts and provide the author of each :
(3)
July's People
Harvest of Thorns
'Can the Subaltern Speak?'
Question 2
(11 Marks]
Define the following :
2.1. Ambivalence
(3)
2.2 Agency
2.3 Feminism
Question 3
3.1
Discuss the three periods in Southern African postcolonial literature.
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(30 Marks]
(10)
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3.2
Ndebele's re-construction and re-membering of the lbandla lbafazi is a decolonisation
strategy. Investigate.
(20)
Part B
[SO Marks]
Answer both questions
Question 4 Nervous Conditions Tsittsi Dangarembga
(25)
Critically examine the representation of sickness and healing in Dangarembga's novel Nervous
Conditions.
Question 5 The Cry of Winnie Mandela Njabulo Ndebele
(25)
Discuss the broader significance of epistles or letters in Ndebele's The Cry of Winnie Mandela.
TOTAL MARKS: 100-
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