Loyola College M.A. English April 2006 Indian Literature In English Question Paper PDF Download

             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 20

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                             EL 1801 – INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

 

Date & Time : 27-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

 

  1. Answer the following in about 50 words each with interpretations of the given lines (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

  1. After twenty hours

It lost its sting

  1. The summer begins to pall
  2. O Master of the birds, grant sanctuary and shelter

Also to a homing bird that bars a broken wing.

  1. I am my father now
  2. Nothing stays out, daughters

Get married to short lived idots

  1. The world! The people around us! What you call society
  2. I am talking of a culture which is divorced from its educational institutions.
  3. “There is not trouble when the mind is converted and the thing is permanent”.
  4. Mine is no ordinary appetite.
  5. All talk of national integration has so far proved to be an exercise in futility.

 

 

  1. Answer FIVE of the following in about 150 words each (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Give a list of the observations that Ramanujan makes about the traditional home.
  2. What universal truth does the Pardha Naslin discover almost suddenly?
  3. According to Parthasarathy what would good poetry consist of? What are his suggestions?
  4. Mention Kamala Das ‘views on what she calls a ‘male-dominated society’.
  5. How wholesome is characterization in ’Evam Indrajit?
  6. Discuss the subjects of pathos and alienation ‘untouchable’.
  7. Explain the place for symbolism in Sakharam, the Binder.
  8. How common are Buddhism and Communism according to Ambedkar?

 

 

 

 

 

  • Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words

(1 x 20 = 20 marks)

  1. Bring out the most important features that you find in Sarojini Naidu’s Poetry.
  2. What is the message conveyed in the novel ‘The untouchable’?

 

  1. Attempt any ONE of the following in about 400 words ( 1 x 20 = 20 marks)
  2. How relevant is Karnad’s ‘Tughlaq’ to out modern times?
  3. Estimate R.K. Narayan’s contributions to literature. Give examples.
  4. Comment on the women characters in ‘A Handful of Rice’.
  5. How does Toru Dutt blend the personal, the romantic and the sentimental aspects in Ger poetry?
  6. Show how vividly the novelist brings out the trauma of partition in ‘Train to Pakistan’.
  7. Bring out the features of Indian writing in English advancing examples from the prescribed texts.

 

 

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