LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
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FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
EL 1800 – NEW LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Date & Time : 22-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M. Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART A
- Answer any FOUR in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
- “The child still thinks she is wiser than
The cotton head of age”.
- Is this a fair assessment? How?
- “ The great eagle lifts its wings from the dream
And the shells of childhood are scattered”.
- Consider the figures of speech in these lines.
- “All sagging as are
The cases celebrated for kwashiorkor,
The unforeseen camp-follower of not just our war”.
- Bring out the significance of these lines.
- “This means that I am greater than
The fox of the undergrowth”
– How does it reverse at the end of the play?
- “How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”
- What causes this dilemma and why?
- Answer any TWO in 150 words each: ( 2 x 9 = 18 marks )
- Bring out the rich oral tradition of the Igbo society as expressed in Things Fall Apart .
- How do the poems from Africa play on the human emotions? Explain with special reference to the poems prescribed for your study.
- Discuss the themes and concerns in the study of West Indian Literature.
III. Answer any ONE in 300 words: (1 x 20 = 20 marks )
- Analyse the two plays of Soyinka prescribed for your study with special reference to their themes, diction, milieu and techniques.
- Discuss the themes and concerns of New Literatures in English with suitable examples.
PART-B
- Answer any Four questions in 50 words each: (4×3=12 marks)
- “Whatever I do I must
Keep my head….”
Explain the context of this utterance.
- “Under the central dome of winter and night
A wild swan spreads his fantastic wing.”
Comment on the symbolism in these lines.
- ” Where second-hand Europeans pullulate…”
Why does the poet speak in such a harsh manner?
- “To be simple is not a simple thing.”
Is this line simple or profound in your view?
- “The solitude of poetry
locked me within its second shade”
Establish the connection between “poetry” and “second shade”.
- Answer any Two questions in 150 words each: (2×9=18 marks)
- Critically examine “My Daughter’s Boy Friend” as a poem on cultural conflict.
- Discuss ” Loneliness” as an existential poem.
- Analyze “House and Land” as an evocative poem.
III. Answer any One of the following questions in about 300 words: (1×20=20 marks)
- What kind of a role does Chinua Achebe envisage for a novelist?
- Discuss Atwood’s “Surfacing “either as an existential or postmodern novel?
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