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    This document provides instructions for an exam in English literature on the postmodernist novel. It lists four representative postmodernist novels - The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, Down Among the Women by Fay Weldon, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. For each novel, students are asked to analyze a provided excerpt and address topics such as the discussion of authors and authority, the purpose of breaks in the text, central paradoxes of being fathered by history and rewritten by fiction, and definitions of Englishness. The marking scheme awards a total of 10 points, with 8 points for analysis of the 4 items and 2 points for homework.

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    This document provides instructions for an exam in English literature on the postmodernist novel. It lists four representative postmodernist novels - The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, Down Among the Women by Fay Weldon, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. For each novel, students are asked to analyze a provided excerpt and address topics such as the discussion of authors and authority, the purpose of breaks in the text, central paradoxes of being fathered by history and rewritten by fiction, and definitions of Englishness. The marking scheme awards a total of 10 points, with 8 points for analysis of the 4 items and 2 points for homework.

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    Exam in English Literature: The Postmodernist Novel (Optional Course)

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    This document provides instructions for an exam in English literature on the postmodernist novel. It lists four representative postmodernist novels - The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, Down Among the Women by Fay Weldon, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. For each novel, students are asked to analyze a provided excerpt and address topics such as the discussion of authors and authority, the purpose of breaks in the text, central paradoxes of being fathered by history and rewritten by fiction, and definitions of Englishness. The marking scheme awards a total of 10 points, with 8 points for analysis of the 4 items and 2 points for homework.

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    EXAM IN ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE POSTMODERNIST NOVEL (OPTIONAL COURSE)

    Focus on the excerpts from representative postmodernist novels and solve the associated
    tasks, providing textual evidence.

    1. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman

    Develop on the discussion on authors/authority as embedded in the excerpt.

    2. Fay Weldon, Down Among the Women

    What purpose do the breaks in the text serve?

    3. Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

    Discuss the central paradox of the excerpt: being fathered by history and rewritten by
    fiction.

    4. Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

    What is Englishness defined in terms of and why?

    MARKING SCHEME: 8 + 2 = 10
    4 items x 2 points = 8 points
    homework = 2 points

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