LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012
EL 1809 – INDIAN LITERATURE
Date : 05/11/2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
- Annotate and interpret any SIX of the following in 80 words each: (6X4 = 24)
- A thyroid, meditating almost nude
Under the Bo-tree, saw the eternal Light
- i am a POET
i have lived forty centuries under various names
- And you are reduced
to so much small change
in her hand.
- Christian theology, for example, takes its stand on the immediate certitude of Jesus as one
whose absolute authority over conscience is self certifying…
- Some were broken, Some merely bent
When finally we reached the place
We hardly knew why we were there.
- Her father was renowned advocate….
I am not remembering now which place
7… a changed mother and more than one annual ritual
8… All great movements of life have begun with a new spiritual
thought and new religious activity with the new European influence
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- Answer any SIX of the following in 200 words each: (6 x 8 = 48)
- Comment on the theme and style of English August.
- Write a critique on the theme, style and the subject of Chandalika.
- Describe the influence of technology on human life as seen in One Night at the Call Centre.
- Critically evaluate Sharat Chandra’s views on Indian politics.
- Discuss the three different roles played by Raju in The Guide.
- Critically analyze the poem Obituary
- Enterprise is an allegory of human journey – Justify
16. Comment on the major themes and symbols in Raja Rao’ s KANTHA PURA
- What relevance can you bring in, the politician of today with “The White Tiger” ?
- Discuss human emotions that are characterized in Train to Pakistan?
III. Answer any TWO of the following in 400 words each: (2 x 14 = 28)
- Write an essay on Indian Poetry, with special reference to Arun Kolatkar, Dom Moraes, Syed
Amanuddin and Sri Aurobindo.
OR
- How does Radhakrishnan defend Hiduism in A Hindu View of Life?
- What does Sri Aurobindo entail through Hindu revivalism and vibrations of their own making?
OR
22.How does Toru Dutt exalt her nostalgia in a befitting technique?
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