LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
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FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006
EL 1800 – NEW LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Date & Time : 04-11-2006/1.00-4.00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Note: Please answer Part – A and Part – B separately.
PART – A
- Answer any FOUR of the following in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
- ‘Out of my way, book-nourished shrimp.
Do you see what strength he has given me?’
- Who are the two referred to here? How are they contrasted?
- ‘If now I am misunderstood by you
And your race of savages, I rise above taunts
And remain unruffled’.
– Who is misunderstood and why?
- ‘They are the wandering minstrels who, beating on
The drums of the human heart, draw the world
Into a dance with rites it does not know’
- Comment on these lines.
- ‘The once proud planet shrieks in terror
Opening a vast space for the mysterious young bird
For the merciless talons of the new generation.’
- Explain the poetic device used here.
- ‘I who am poisoned with the blood of both,
Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?’
- What causes the dilemma?
- Answer any TWO in 150 words each: (2 x 9 = 18 marks)
- Bring out the rich African oral tradition as seen in Things Fall Apart.
- Discuss Soyinka’s concern in reforming the religion in The Trials of Brother Jero.
- Identify the themes of the West Indian Poetry with suitable examples.
III. Answer any ONE in 300 words: (20 marks)
- Consider the political ideology of East Africa as seen from the texts of Julius K. Nyerere and Ngugi wa Thiongo.
- Critically analyze The Lion and the Jewel with special reference to its theme, diction, millieu and techniques.
PART – B
- Answer any FOUR of the following in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
- “A wild swan spreads his fantastic wing”
Identify the “wild swan” and his contributions.
- “The learned doubt, the chatter of cultured apes”
Explain the phrases “learned doubt” and “cultured apes” in terms of the overall context of the poem.
- “To be snatched off my branches by a thoughtless hand”.
What is the cause of the poet’s grief?
- “To be simple is not a simple thing.”
What task is simplicity connected with in the above line?
- “The Solitude of poetry locked me within its Second Shade”.
Establish the relationship between poetry and the poet’s personal life.
- Answer any TWO in 150 words each (2 x 9 = 18 marks)
- Critically examine A Prairie Water Column as a poem that exalts the beauty of Nature and Art simultaneously.
- Bring out the satirical slant in A.D. Hope’s Australia.
- Discuss Shaw Neilson as a Nature poet.
III. Answer any ONE in 300 words (20 marks)
- Critically analyze Atwood’s Surfacing either as a psychological or a feminist novel.
- Comment on Chinua Achebe’s assertion that a novelist must play the role of a teacher through his verbal art.
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