LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
EL 1803 – INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – 2OTH C
Date & Time: 28/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
- Answer the following in 50 words each: ( 10 x 3 = 30 Marks )
- It is insight into the nature of reality (darsana), or
experience of reality (anubhava).
- What is referred to here?
- You are all knowing, friends,
what sweetness is in Miss Pushpa.
- Comment on the language used in these lines.
- You know how old women are.
They stick to you like burr.
- What is the purpose of her sticking to you?
- You don’t step inside the old man’s head.
- What makes you to feel so?
- I would rather roam with kalidasa n kabir
or go on a spiritual journey with dante.
- Identify the purpose of the speaker in joining them to go to places.
- “…..both provide………
-the queenliest flower that blows”.
- How does the flower given by Flora to Love provide both?
- “A grey baboon sits statue-like alone
Watching the sunrise while on lower boughs”
- Explain the simile and beauty of the passage.
- “Sons who run away come back”
- Bring out the Biblical echo in the passage and relate to the context.
- “Facing east where three rivers met”
- Comment on the significance of the direction and junction of the rivers.
- “The swan sleeps with her young under her wings”
- Describe the symbolism in the line.
PART – B
- Answer any EIGHT of the following in 150 words each: ( 8 x 5 = 40 Marks )
- Critically evaluate Upamanyu Chatterjee’s views on Indian Administrative System.
- Bring out the symbolism in Mukta Dhara.
- Do you agree with Sharat Chandra in his views about Indian Politics?
- Is Raju a flat or a round character? Justify your answer with examples.
- How does Train to Pakistan view Indian history during independence?
- Briefly picturise the status of Indian women as perceived by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy.
- ‘Tughlaq’ reflects the political mood of disillusionment which followed the Nehru era of idealism in India. – Substantiate.
- ‘Kanthapura’ is a narration of the sthala-purana of Raja Rao – Discuss.
- Bring out the irony and humour in A.K. Ramanujan’s obituary’.
- Bring out Babani Battacharya’s views on ‘So many Hungers?
PART – C
III. Answer any TWO in 400 words each: ( 2 x 15 = 30 )
- The poems of Toru Dutt elevate her to be a bridge between the Indian and Western cultures – substantiate.
- Spirituality being the master key of the Indian mind, Renaissance in India is only through preservation by reconstruction – Discuss.
(Or)
Record the sentiments of Bhaka, the untouchable in Mulk Raj Anand’s novel on social evil.
- How does Radhakrishnan present his views on Hinduism?
- Consider the variety in theme, content and style in Indian Poetry in English.
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