[SOLVED] The Study of Black Literature
DIRECTIONS: *Attempt only two questions. *Question # 1, Section A, is compulsory. *Choose one more question from Section B *Keep your answers clear, concise and analytical. *Address your responses to the specific demands of each question. *Illustrate your answers with apt references, and cite key sources used. *Limit your responses to four, double-spaced, 12 pitch font pages per question. *Your answer scripts must include questions chosen, your name, and be in MLA format. QUESTIONS: SECTION A 1) Showing a clear understanding of diaspora, as applied in contemporary scholarship, discuss its significance for exploring the diverse reference points and complexities of Black Literatures. SECTION B 2) Discuss the significance of psychological distress, afflicted relationships and identities, especially as critical anchors, in A Bad Day for a Good Man in a Hard Job and The Shivering. 3) Analyze, teasing out political implications and authorial prerogatives, the interplay between history, imagination, nation and gender in Nineteen Thirty-Seven.
