ENG2602 Assignment 3 ( Q1 & Q2 COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 (675765) - DUE 13 August 2024

ENG2602 Assignment 3 ( Q1 & Q2 COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 (675765) - DUE 13 August 2024;100% TRUSTED workings, explanations and solutions. for assistance Whats-App.......0.6.7..1.7.1..1.7.3.9............ QUESTION 1: POETRY Closely read the following poem “Farewell” by E.E. Sule and answer the question that follows. Tight jinxed professors gazing at the immensity of nothing! Behold a multitude of books speeding away in escape Pens swagger in hollowness, prostitute with cheap sheets Afro-haired professors walking the length of the Atlantic in fury! Bid the sun, bid the moon, bid the stars, bid the rivers Farewell Farewell to the flapping bravado of the flag Farewell to the querulous query of the anthem Ask the rocks, ask the rivers ask the ghosts of the deserted shelves ask the rocks, ask the rivers ask the emasculated walls surrounding shelves They will be manacled by crooked questions In their intention a jeremiad shall burst They will compose startling rhetoric Only in amputated tongues (Omoniyi. T. ed. 2014. Poems for a Century: An Anthology on Nigeria. p. 51) Glossary: ‘jeremiad’ refers to a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes. ENG2602/102/0/2024 17 Write a carefully-worded essay of 1000 – 1200 words (approximately 2 to 3 typed pages) in length in which you analyse how the poet uses diction, particularly metaphors, poetic techniques, and any other features of language to express a mixture of frustration, outrage, disappointment, hopelessness, and sadness, at the forced migration of educated people from their land after political independence. As he laments the disastrous state of affairs in his country, the poet turns to inanimate objects like rocks, rivers, shelves, even ghosts, for answers. His use of personification suggests his loss of confidence in some of his compatriots and expresses how his country has dashed the hopes of its people, especially professionals like university professors. Please note: • You must quote from the poem to substantiate your argument. • Explain how each quotation supports your argument. • Do not discuss anything in your essay that you cannot relate to a sense of disappointment and defeat caused by a country that has dashed the hopes of its people, especially professionals like university professors. • Do not provide definitions of literary devices; explain how they are used to convey meaning in the poem relating to the question. • Do not discuss anything in your essay that you cannot relate directly to the poet’s disappointment at how things have turned out in his country after independence. Assignment Guidance Reading for Pre-writing To answer this question, you first need to read the whole poem more than once in order to get a sense of what it is about. Thereafter, annotate the poem as you identify words, phrases, and expressions you are not familiar with. As you do so, establish first the surface meanings and then the contextual meanings of these words and phrases. This is an important step to take as it makes you appreciate the relevance of context and will assist you in being relevant to the poem and the accompanying prescribed question. Remember to also make use of the techniques provided in your study guide and try to follow the process that has been outlined for you. Make notes on the margin about the following: • In what way does the title of the poem suggest meaning? Farewells often evoke mixed emotions. What emotions are evident in this poem? How do they communicate feelings of loss, sadness, outrage, and disillusionment? How do these feelings merge to give the poem a sense of defeat and disappointment in the face of what people had hoped for? • Consider how lines like ‘the flapping bravado of the flag’ and ‘the querulous query of the anthem’ use linguistic features to enhance meaning while they illustrate the poem’s political context. • As you consider individual lines, pay particular attention to how the poet uses diction in order to communicate meaning. Which words in particular suggest the era that the poem refers to? Furthermore, which words or phrases suggest the geographical place that the poet is writing about? You will realise that you are beginning to form an overall idea of the 18 meaning of the poem as you consider all these details. Your close attention to the use of parts of speech like verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc. will assist you in forming meaning. • Now read the poem again carefully, looking out for ways in which poetic devices have been used to convey meaning in the poem. For example, what images do you observe in the poem? Note how the poet uses metaphor, simile, symbolism, tone, etc. Which of these, and others, can you identify in this poem? Do not simply identify, quote or label them; rather start gathering your ideas around them, indicating how they have been used to convey meaning. List them in bullet points in order for you to develop them into sentences at a later stage. As you do so, some ideas will begin to form into clear discussion points on how each device is used and the purpose it serves in the poem. Remember, the copy that you will submit will be in essay form and not in bullet points or in sub-headings. • In addition to poetic devices, there are language features that the poem has used. Have you identified them? How do they affect meaning? Explain. Use your observations on the use of the language features you have identified to support your argument. • Read carefully again through the poem, looking out for words and phrases that highlight the themes in the poem. The theme answers the what of the poem. Again, list your ideas in bullet points for development into sentences as you work on your draft. You may have identified up to three or four themes at this point. Again, remember that your final draft should not contain bullet points or sub-headings. • Once you have gathered your ideas, you will be able to start listing them according to their order of importance, based on your understanding of the poem. Remember, these are your ideas, gleaned from what you think the poem means. As such, you decide the order of importance. • Knowledge of the political period to which the poem refers may assist, but should not supersede what the poem says. A careful reading and analysis of the poem should provide you with context to answer the prescribed question adequately. Even if you were to seek information about the poet, his biographical details will be irrelevant to your answer and should not form a part of your analysis. • Lastly, remember that your final draft will be in essay form and not in bullet points or sub-headings. Bullet points, headings and sub-headings are meant to assist you in gathering your thoughts but not to be submitted for assessment. Even so, as stated earlier, your essay needs to have a clear introduction, a body, and a conclusion, with each speaking to the other, forming a coherent whole. MARKS: 100 OR ENG2602/102/0/2024 19 QUESTION 2: DRAMA Read the following dramatic extract on the next page taken from the play, “To House” by Ashwin Singh, closely and answer the question that follows. “To House” by Ashwin Singh CONTEXT: This is the scene where Jason is in his apartment, preparing to host members of the body corporate at his complex. Suddenly, Sibusiso walks in to find Jason waiting. The two gentlemen exchange heated words, leading up to a physical fight as they wait for the other board members to arrive. 20 SCENE 13 Jason’s lounge. Lights come up after the recliner is removed with no one on stage. Jason enters with a file. Sibusiso enters a few seconds later. … SIBUSISO: Without Apartheid you’d be sweeping my floors. JASON: Ha! I’m still on my feet. SIBUSISO: For how long? You know I knew about your *fraud for two months. But I didn’t judge you then. I even tried to understand. These **firms treat their employees like shit. But I know now that you are a stupid White man who has no place in our new world. (Jason laughs sarcastically) JASON: Our new world. And are you the King of this world? The one who wants our lounge suite? And our cars? And who wears our clothes. And steals our jobs. SIBUSISO: (sarcastically) Steals our jobs. In the company from which you stole? I know why you did it Jason. You’re used to a certain lifestyle. Your wife shops at Gateway. You want these nice things. Taking some money from a big firm is OK. It’s the way you were brought up. You were always given everything. JASON: Don’t presume to know me. It’s typical of you Blacks to assume that every White person was rich. My father was a mechanic. My mother baked biscuits and sold them to our neighbours. We had … SIBUSISO: Ah, ah, shame. You were one of the poor Whites. You had an economic system designed to make you rich. But you still failed. Your family must have been pathetic. (Jason is disgusted. He rushes wildly at Sibusiso who steps aside smartly. Jason trips and falls awkwardly on his knee) JASON: Aaah! (Sibusiso bends and speaks directly in Jason’s ear) SIBUSISO: I’m going to have to start the body corporate meeting without you. (Jason tries to get to his feet. Sibusiso looks at him for a couple of seconds and then knees him over. Sibusiso laughs and towers over Jason) In a few minutes I’ll be body corporate chairman. Next month I’ll be senior lecturer. Soon I’ll be on TV talking about the squatter issue. The world will know Sibusiso Khumalo. And you’ll be sitting alone, sipping cheap whiskey and dreaming of the world you lost. Sibusiso exits. Jason begins crying. Slow fade on Jason crying. Glossary: * fraud: This refers to an act of intentionally deceiving people by being dishonest. ** firm(s): In this context, this refers to a group of lawyers who work together in a company. Write a carefully-worded essay of words (approximately 2 to 3 typed pages) in length in which you discuss how the playwright uses didascalia, dialogue and rhythm in portraying the tension, character dynamics and relationship between Jason and Sibusiso in the extract. Your discussion should also include how the playwright uses dramatic features, poetic devices and any other linguistic strategies relevant to this extract. Remember to include relevant quotations from the excerpt (passage) to substantiate your arguments. Assignment guidance: Reading for Pre-Writing To answer this question, you need to annotate the given extract above as your read. Make notes as you go along (annotate). The question already tells you that the playwright uses didascalia, dialogue, rhythm, as well as some dramatic and linguistic strategies to portray the character and relationship dynamics between Jason and Sibusiso. It is your task to analyse HOW this is done. ENG2602/102/0/2024 21 At this point, it is assumed that you have already worked through your study guide (TL501) on Drama as well as your Tutorial Letter 101. As you work through the extract given above, underline as many poetic devices and dramatic techniques as you can identify which relate directly to the question for this section. Take note of the following as you read the above excerpt: • Characterisation: how does the playwright portray each of the characters and their relationship to each other in this passage (i.e. Jason and Sibusiso)? • Diction: What does the choice of words reveal about each character? Give examples to substantiate your argument by quoting from the extract. • The playwright not only portrays the character of each through various dramatic and poetic devices, but also hints at the dynamics in the use of didascalia, dialogue, and rhythm in this passage. Find examples and provide some discussion on these.