Examen Otras Literaturas en Lengua Inglesa
Short questions 30%
What is the living and the dead in Gordimer’s text? How does the text suggest this?
Make reference to the socio-political context where the author wrote it.
What kind of novel is Waiting for the Mahatma? Where would you place it in the
history of the Indian novel in English?
Symbols in Prelude. Who are the Maori? Are they relevant for the analysis and
interpretation of the text?
Essay question 30%
The diasporic condition in Mistry and Lahiri’s short stories. How could Bhabha’s notion
of Third Space be applied to their analysis and interpretation?
Comment question 40%
Identify and analyse the following excerpt, its meanings and implications, try and relate
it to other similar texts you have read. How can this passive attitude be explained? What
kind of postcolonial context does it illustrate?
(it was a fragment that illustrated the passivity of the aborigins of Australia during the
British invasion)