Literatura Canadiense en Lengua Inglesa - Febrero 2013 – Modelo B

Duración: dos horas. No se permite el uso de diccionarios ni de Guías.

Lea estas instrucciones con atención
Debe realizar las dos partes de este examen. 1ª) Lea atentamente el texto y responda a cada una las
cuatro preguntas que se le formulan con relación al mismo, numerándolas. 2ª) Desarrolle dos de los
tres temas que se le plantean. Redacte sus respuestas en inglés de forma clara y precisa, sin repetir los
enunciados. Mantenga el orden exacto con el que se le proponen las preguntas. Consigne su nombre
y apellidos en todas las páginas que entregue con sus respuestas.
PART ONE: Provide brief answers for the questions following the text below using
approximately 50-75 words for each one. Write separate answers for each question.

9 The air is heavy with Canadian topics,

10 And Carman, Lampman, Roberts, Campbell, Scott,
11 Are measured for their faith and philanthropics,
12 Their zeal for God and King, their earnest thought.

13 The cakes are sweet, but sweeter is the feeling

14 That one is mixing with the literati;
15 It warms the old, and melts the most congealing.
16 Really, it is a most delightful party.

17 Shall we go round the mulberry bush, or shall

18 We gather at the river, or shall we
19 Appoint a Poet Laureate this fall,
20 Or shall we have another cup of tea?

21 O Canada, O Canada, Oh can

22 A day go by without new authors springing
23 To paint the native maple, and to plan
24 More ways to set the selfsame welkin ringing?

1. Identify the text above, and discuss the main poetic principles of its author.
2. What are the main stylistic features or rhetorical devices of this text?
3. How did the author define his ideological position through this text? Explain what
prompted the author to write it.
4. Discuss the text above as an example of satiric poetry.

PART TWO: Choose two out of the three topics proposed below and write a short
essay on each one, using approximately 250 words in each of the two essays.
1. Discuss the choice of imagery in the works of Livesay, Page and Purdy.
2. Discuss characterization in the short stories written by Margaret Laurence,
Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, and Margaret Atwood.
3. Discuss to what extent Joy Kogawa and Rohinton Mistry were inspired by their
ethnic backgrounds when they wrote their works of fiction.