BL. ST./COMP. LIT. 126: COMPARATIVE BLACK LITERATURE. FINAL EXAM, SUMMER SESSION B, 2020.

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SECTION A

1) Showing a clear understanding of diaspora, as applied in contemporary scholarship, discuss its significance for exploring the diverse reference points and complexities of Black Literatures.

SECTION B

2) Analyze, with subtle attention to their titles and thought-provoking narrative webs, the theme of loss in Yoruba Man Walking and social critique in An Incident at Pat’s Bar.

3) Discuss the significance of psychological distress, afflicted relationships and identities, especially as critical anchors, in A Bad Day for a Good Man in a Hard Job and The Shivering.

4) Analyze, teasing out political implications and authorial prerogatives, the interplay between history, imagination, nation and gender in Nineteen Thirty-Seven.