LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012
EL 6602 – CREATIVE WRITING
Date : 20-04-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
PART – I
Answer any EIGHT of the following in about 100 words each: (8 × 5 = 40 marks)
- Define imaginative writing.
- What is creative impulse?
- Explain the following literary devices with examples:
- i) Parable ii) Pathetic Fallacy.
- Define the following terms:
- i) Metaphor ii) Paradox.
- Compare and contrast creative writing and technical writing.
- Briefly discuss the story structure.
- Illustrate the use of the point of view as a technique.
- Show the importance of dialogue in a work of fiction.
- Setting and atmosphere are crucial elements in a narrative. Discuss.
- Explain the meaning of the writers’ domain.
- What are the various aspects involved in sketching the plot?
PART – II
Answer any FIVE of the following in not more than 250 words each: (5 × 12 = 60 marks)
- Attempt a character sketch of your neighbour.
- Using the ‘memory exploration’ technique, narrate how you met your best friend.
- Make the rhythm of your subject and a distinctive prose style prominent as you describe:
- a) an interesting travel experience OR
- b) a shopping experience that you enjoyed.
- “The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say”. Show how creative writing is a combination of experience, observation and imagination expressed in an innovate form.
- Write a creative poem/short story/essay beginning with the line: I was overjoyed….
- In your own words, describe the creative process.
- Examination time: Using at least 10 exchanges between two friends, describe a typical examination day at college capturing the mood of the students.
- In light of the creative writing principles you have learnt, examine a novel of your choice and attempt to retrace the writer’s creative craft.
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