MEG 09 Australian Literature (2022-23)

Australian Literature
MEG 09
Programme: MEG
Assignment Code: MEG-09/TMA/2022-23
Max. Marks: 100
Max Marks: 100
Attempt all the questions
1. What were the issues that Australian writers had to grapple with before they could forge a literature of their own? (20)
2. What do you understand by the term ‘aborigine’? How is their point of view represented in Australian literature? (20)
3. What does the depiction of the Bush in stories/poems tell you about Australians’ attitudes towards their country? (20)
4. Discuss Gig Ryan’s work in the context of the notion of Australian ‘mateship’. (20)
5. Elaborate on the way Patrick White structures time in Voss. (20