LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012
EL 5500 – WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION
Date : 01/11/2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
PART – A
Answer the following in about 50 words each: (10X2=20)
- Set forth the two precepts advocated by Horace regarding choice of subject in poetry.
- State Horace’s advise concerning the coining of new words in poetry.
- Which meter according to Horace is most suited for drama and why?
- What according to the oracle can remedy Thebes of its pestilence?
- Why does Tieresias hesitate to disclose the truth about the murder of Laius?
- What are the twin crimes inadvertently committed by Oedipus?
- How does Homer describe the Trojans march?
- Why of all Greek warriors is Menelaus most eager to fight Paris?
- How does the single combat between Menelaus and Paris conclude?
- What happens to Bertha after her parents’ death?
PART – B
Answer any four of the following in about 200 words each: (4X10=40)
- How does Tagore urge the renunciation of worldly luxuries in Gitanjali?
- Explain the symbolic significance of the three beasts in Dante’s poem.
- Cull out the features of classical drama as exemplified in The Twin Menaechmi.
- Who in your opinion is more guilty Orgon or Tartuffe? Argue.
- Attempt a titular appraisal of Chekhov’s play.
- How does Tolstoy use Vronsky’s racehorse to foreshadow Anna’s tragic fate?
- Attempt a character sketch of Oedipus.
- Bring out the disparity between the city and country setting in Tolstoy’s novel.
PART – C
Answer any two of the following in about 400 words each: (2X20=40)
- Analyse the conflict between destiny and freewill as portrayed by Sophocles.
- Attempt an essay on Horace’s views concerning the composition of dramatic plot.
- Emma unlike Anna fully deserves her tragic fate. Substantiate your stance
- Contrast the characters of Menelaus and Paris as depicted by Homer.
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