seven pages essay

BL. ST./COMP. LIT. 126: COMPARATIVE BLACK LITERATURE.

FINAL EXAM, SUMMER SESSION B, 2020.

Due: Without exception, by email, before 5:00pm (PST), on Friday, September 11, 2020.

Instructor: Dr. Jude G. Akudinobi.

Instructor’s email address: [email protected].

DIRECTIONS:

*Attempt only two questions.

*Question # 1, Section A, is compulsory.

*Choose one more question from Section B.

*Keep your answers clear, concise and analytical.

*Address your responses to the specific demands of each question.

*Illustrate your answers with apt references, and cite key sources used.

*Limit your responses to four, double-spaced, 12 pitch font pages per question.

*No excuses, late papers or haphazard submission of papers would be accepted.

*Your answer scripts must include questions chosen, your name, and be in MLA format.

QUESTIONS:

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.

GOOD LUCK

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER BREAK!

EXAM GRADING CRITERIA

‘A’ GRADE RANGE = 90%-100%

* Answered all aspects of the questions.

* Cogent application of lectures and readings.

* Cited other relevant materials appropriately.

* Identified characters, authors and situations aptly.

* Clear, engaging, scholarly and logical analyses.

* Avoided pointless summaries of texts.

* Hardly any spelling or grammatical errors.

* No colloquialisms (slangs and informal language).

* Kept responses within specified page limits.

* No attempts to ‘stretch’ paper, unduly (through creative pagination, font sizes, etc)

‘B’ GRADE RANGE = 80%-89

* Answered most aspects of the questions.

* Mediocre applications of lectures and readings.

* Cited other relevant materials unevenly.

* Identified characters, authors and situations aptly.

* Fairly clear, engaging, scholarly and logical analyses.

* Had some pointless summaries of texts.

* Occasional spelling and grammatical errors.

* Few, if any, colloquialisms (slangs and informal language).

* Kept responses within specified page limits.

* Probable attempts to ‘stretch’ paper, unduly (through creative pagination, font sizes, etc).

‘C’ GRADE RANGE =70%-79%

* Answered few aspects of the questions.

* Scant application of lectures and readings.

* Trivial use, if any, of other relevant materials.

* Misidentification of characters, authors and situations.

* Lacked clear, engaging, scholarly and logical analyses.

* Indulgent and artless summaries of texts.

* Plentiful spelling and grammatical errors.

* Rife with colloquialisms (slangs and informal language).

* Resourceless use of specified page limits.

* Flagrant attempts to ‘stretch’ paper, (through creative pagination, font sizes, etc)

‘D’ GRADE = 60%-69%

*Gross deficiencies, in range and scope, of a ‘C’ paper.

‘F’ GRADE = 59% and below

* Overwhelming attributes, in range and scope, of a ‘D’ paper.

NOTE: For finer differentiations, a plus (+) or minus (-) will be applied to passing grades, only.