Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2004 Indian Literature In English Question Paper PDF Download

LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

I SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 1801 – INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Date        : 27.10.04                                                                             Max      : 100 marks

Duration : 9 – 12 noon                                                                                    Hours    : 3 hrs

 

  1. Answer the following in about 50 words each with interpretations of the given lines.

(10 x 2 = 20 marks)

  1. An unexpected November

shut the door in my face:

 

  1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call

Him not by any name, he is every man

 

  1. Things come in every day

to lose themselves among other things

lost long ago among

other things lost long ago

 

  1. O Master of the Birds, grant sanctuary and shelter

Also to a homing bird that bears a broken wing

 

  1. The old man from the East murmurs to himself: “I have seen!”

 

  1. Mine is no ordinary appetite.

 

  1. A link based on a need. The need ended. the link snapped.

 

  1. If I hadn’t tasted the fruit of knowledge

I could have gone on living in this paradise

of your blessed society of rules. Now I can

only batter my head against the wall.

 

  1. Communists get quick results because when you

adopt the means of annihilating men, they do

not remain to oppose you.

 

  1. All talk of national integration has so far proved to be an exercise in futility

 

  1. Answer five of the following in about 150-200 words each: (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Narrate the peculiar experiences that Kamala Das encountered in those early formative years of her life

 

  1. How does Sarojini Naidu view the evanescence of youth and beauty in ‘The Purdah Nashin’

 

  1. What is the grouse that Parthasarathy has against his fellow poets?
  2. Identify the major conflict found in the poem ‘The Night of the Scorpion’.
  3. Symbolism in Sakharam, the Binder
  4. Evan Indrajit is the best example of experimental theatre
  5. Mulk Raj Anand speaks through Bakha, the chief character of The Untoucheable:

 

 

III. Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words:                    (1 x 20 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Illustrate how Parthasarathy and Ramanujar deal with the subject of Indian culture and tradition.

 

  1. Vijay Tendulkar’s preoccupation with the middle class problems pervade the play Sakharam, the Binder

 

  1. Is there a solution to the problem of Untouchability in the novel The Untouchable.?

 

  1. Depict the picture of India and Indian culture from the two prose pieces prescribed for study.

 

  1. Attempt any ONE of the following in about 400 words. (1 x 20 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Discuss Toru Dutt’s ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ as a poem that embraces the past, the present and the future.

 

  1. Bring out the symbolic, spiritual and mystical nature of Aurobindo’s ‘ ‘Rose of God’.
  2. K. Narayan is the best among the Indian English novelists. Explain through the novel ‘The Financial Expert.’

 

  1. “Voices in the city” echoes the modern generation.

 

  1. Kamala Markandaya expresses the powerful reality of poverty through ‘A Handful of Rice.’

 

  1. ‘Train to Pakistan’ is a positive novel.
  2. Describe the features of Indian Writing in English citing examples from the texts you have studied.

 

 

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