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FORM TP 2005241 MAY/JUNE 2005

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS CO UN CIL

ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
UNIT 1 -PAPER 02

2 hours 45 minutes

( 17 M AY 2005 (p.m.))

INST RUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

This paper consists of T HREE sections.

You must answer ONE question from EACH section.

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SECTION A

MODULE 1- DRAMA

BRITISH AND AMERICAN AND SHAKESPEARE - COMEDIES AND HISTORIES

Answer ONE qu estion from this section.

EITHER

1. "A play's complete meaning does not emerge in the early part o f a tex t or in the f irst moments of
a performance, but quite often the seeds of the message can be found there."

ln ONE Shakespearean comedy or history AND ON E British or American play studied, discuss
the means by whi ch the playwrig ht uses earl y scenes to alert the audience to significant issues.
[Total 60 marks]

OR

2. " In drama , the genre is a vehi cle for ex ploring the relationshi p between indiv idual desi res and
society's constraints."

With reference to ONE Shakespearean comedy or hi story AN D O N E Briti sh or A merican play

studi ed, discuss the ex tent to w hi ch you agree w ith thi s statement.
[Total 60 marks]

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SECTION B
MODULE 2- POETRY
BRITISH AND AMERICAN AND POSTCOLONIAL

Answer ONE question from this section.

EITHER

3. Compare and contrast the strategies employed by TWO poets to exp lo re a similar theme.
[Total 60 marks]

OR

4. "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powe rful e motion. "

With reference to THREE poems by a s ingle writer, di scuss the techniq ues by which the poet
c reates emotional impact. [Total 60 marks]

SECTION C
MODULE 3- PROSE FICTION
MODERN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

Answer ONE question from this section.

EITHER

5. With reference to ONE Caribbean AND O NE Modern American o r Afri can American work of
fiction, discuss the extent to which narrati ve technique is used as a means of exploring psychological
experi ence. [Total 60 marks]

OR

6. Discuss the techniqu es by which any ONE Caribbean prose fiction w riter has given voice and
value to the voiceless and the disregarded. [Total 60 marks]

END OF TEST

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