LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

NM 38

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1053 – LITERARY APPRECIATION

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00   Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

    Answer any six of the following in about 250 words each        (6 x 10 = 60 marks)

 

1. How do you think Homer Barron died?
2. Comment on the “positive” thoughts in the poem London Snow
3. Discuss Herriot’s experiences at the dentist’s as a comment on the medical profession.
4. Show how silence enhances the feeling of fear in The Silence of the Snow.
5. Identify the many ways through which Mulk Raj Anand brings out the absurdity of fashion fads.
6. Elaborate on the connection Colin Mooers draws between capitalism and imperialism.
7. What implications does marriage have for a man as elaborated by Judy Syphers?
8. Comment on the advice the father gives the son when the latter sets out on his journey to the university in Hamlet.

SECTION – B

    Answer any two of the following in about 400 words each       (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

1. Do you agree that the racist and sexist prejudices are detrimental to the development of our country?
2. Attempt a short essay titled Why Cricket Should Be Banned.
3. Write a short account/poem/ short story about the traditions of any festival in your community.

 

 

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