Loyola College M.A. English April 2007 Indian Writing In English – 20th C Question Paper PDF Download

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 1803 – INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – 2OTH C

 

 

 

Date & Time: 28/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

  1. Answer the following in 50 words each: ( 10 x 3 = 30 Marks )

 

  1. It is insight into the nature of reality (darsana), or

experience of reality (anubhava).

  • What is referred to here?

 

  1. You are all knowing, friends,

what sweetness is in Miss Pushpa.

  • Comment on the language used in these lines.

 

  1. You know how old women are.

They stick to you like burr.

  • What is the purpose of her sticking to you?

 

  1. You don’t step inside the old man’s head.
  • What makes you to feel so?

 

  1. I would rather roam with kalidasa n kabir

or go on a spiritual journey with dante.

  • Identify the purpose of the speaker in joining them to go to places.

 

  1. “…..both provide………

-the queenliest flower that blows”.

  • How does the flower given by Flora to Love provide both?

 

  1. “A grey baboon sits statue-like alone

Watching the sunrise while on lower boughs”

  • Explain the simile and beauty of the passage.

 

  1. “Sons who run away come back”
    • Bring out the Biblical echo in the passage and relate to the context.

 

  1. “Facing east where three rivers met”
    • Comment on the significance of the direction and junction of the rivers.

 

  1. “The swan sleeps with her young under her wings”
    • Describe the symbolism in the line.

 

 

PART – B

 

  1. Answer any EIGHT of the following in 150 words each: ( 8 x 5 = 40 Marks )

 

  1. Critically evaluate Upamanyu Chatterjee’s views on Indian Administrative System.
  2. Bring out the symbolism in Mukta Dhara.
  3. Do you agree with Sharat Chandra in his views about Indian Politics?
  4. Is Raju a flat or a round character? Justify your answer with examples.
  5. How does Train to Pakistan view Indian history during independence?
  6. Briefly picturise the status of Indian women as perceived by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy.
  7. ‘Tughlaq’ reflects the political mood of disillusionment which followed the Nehru era of idealism in India. – Substantiate.

 

  1. ‘Kanthapura’ is a narration of the sthala-purana of Raja Rao – Discuss.
  2. Bring out the irony and humour in A.K. Ramanujan’s obituary’.
  3. Bring out Babani Battacharya’s views on ‘So many   Hungers?

 

PART – C

III.  Answer any TWO in 400 words each:                                                      ( 2 x 15 = 30 )

 

  1. The poems of Toru Dutt elevate her to be a bridge between the Indian and Western cultures – substantiate.

 

  1. Spirituality being the master key of the Indian mind, Renaissance in India is only through preservation by reconstruction – Discuss.

(Or)

Record the sentiments of Bhaka, the untouchable in Mulk Raj Anand’s novel on social evil.

 

  1. How does Radhakrishnan present his views on Hinduism?
  2. Consider the variety in theme, content and style in Indian Poetry in English.

 

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