The following page contains the guidelines for your Final Paper for the Second Quarter. This also contains the questions you need to answer, equivalent to four (4) summative tests on lessons we have discussed on Afro-Asian Literature, particularly on African and Indian Literature. This paper is due on Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 12:00 midnight. Submit the soft copy of this paper in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format to my email at jayson_zabala@outlook.com, with the subject: Final Paper (Surname, First Name, Middle Name Section) e.g. Final Paper (Zabala, Jayson, Donor Linnaeus VIII)
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1 Final Paper Guidelines Answer the following questions as comprehensively as possible. Conventions on Grammar must be observed. This Quarterly Paper is composed of five (5) questions, to constitute for four (4) summative tests, each question constituting to thirty-five (35) points each. Since this is a major paper, it is highly unlikely that a 2- page paper may merit a good grade. You may check for sources online but be sure to cite them in your references.
Quarterly Paper English 8 2nd Quarter QUESTION 1. Afro-Asian Literature Explain why Afro-Asian Literature has been dubbed as the Literature of Oppression. Cite five (5) major events in African and Asian History that shaped the Canon of Afro-Asian Literature as it is today.
QUESTION 2. Telephone Conversation (Wole Soyinka) To the speaker, the womans silence speaks; it conveys Pressurized Good Breeding (line 7). What do you suppose he means by this? Is there evidence later in the poem that he too is well-bred and subject to social norms and pressures? Explain.
QUESTION 3. Ramayana (Valmiki) What is Vibishanas warning to his brother Ravana? How does this shed light to his character? What happens to the brothers at the end of the story? What do you think this outcome holds for the peoples of Lanka and India?
QUESTION 4. Indian Mythology Who is the Indian Trinity? Try to identify the reason beneath the Indian belief in Creation, Preservation and Destruction and connect this with five (5) customs and traditions they still practice up to this day.
QUESTION 5. The Three Idiots (Movie Review) Farhan Quareshis father has destined him to be an engineer at the point of his birth, and has exerted all efforts for it to be done. Careful observation of ICE student population reveals that it is predominantly male. How does this shed light on Indian beliefs on patriarchy (male superiority) and how does this affected Indian Literature? Cite examples from the Ramayana to prove your point.
Ranchoddas Chanchad has constantly broken ICE traditions and norms. Cite five (5) instances of how Ranchos beliefs has changed the lives of the other characters from the film.