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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF EDUCATION AND BACHELOR OF ARTS
ALT 405: CARIBBEAN POETRY AND DRAMA
DATE: Thursday 29lh November 2007
TIME: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Answer THREE questions, choosing AT LEAST
ONE from each section. Avoid repetition of material across questions.
Section A: Drama
1.
Trevor Rhone: Old Story Time
Show what you consider to be the effect on the play, both thematically and
structurally, of the fusion of folkloric approaches and modern theatrical modes.
2.
Trevor Rhone: Smile Orange
Discuss the effectiveness of play-acting/role play, sound, and two other
experimental techniques which Rhone uses to dramatise the effects of tourism in Smile
Orange.
3.
Derek Walcott: Ti-Jean and His Brothers
The critic John Thieme comments that Walcott has taken the myth of Ti-Jean and
invested it with allegory: "So folk wisdom is rejected as a body of ossifying information,
... is accepted as a legacy to be taken over and metamorphosed."
In considering this statement, show how symbolism is used to question, illuminate
and offer direction to the challenges of creating a West Indian consciousness.
4.
Derek Walcott: Dream on Monkey Mountain
Describe the unique features of this play and its thrust towards uncovering the
artist's vision of a West Indian sensibility.
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Section B: Poetry
(Copies of the poems will be available for reference during the examination).
5.
Martin Carter's poetry is often referred to as protest poetry. Describe the
nature of his protest and discuss whether it is tempered with creativity.
6.
Having studied two of Walcott's plays, discuss how elements of biography
and personal philosophy as evinced in his plays are also central to his poems.
Make close reference to at least two poems in your discussion.
7.
Make a close study of theme, style and specific socio-political referents
between A. 1. Seymour's "Tomorrow Belongs to the People," and Austin
Bukenya's "Naturally."
8.
In The Arrivants, Brathwaite pursues the archetypal theme of journeying or
quest. To what end(s) does the poem lead us and, what unique poetic
properties accompany us on that journey?
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