LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

MD 1

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

EL 1051 – LITERARY APPRECIATION – I

 

 

 

Date : 22/04/2008                Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

SECTION – A

Answer any 10 of the following in about 75 words each (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

 

1. Who does the little boy symbolize in “The Selfish Giant?”
2. Why are Romeo and Juliet bothered about their names?
3. Why does Nora insist that she has never been understood?
4. give two ways in which the girl child suffers in  the poem “I Ask…Why?
5. Why are the adults eager to get rid of the snow?
6. Why are the Maine woods referred to as virgin forests?
7. What does W.H.Auden signify by saying the “the death of the poet was kept from his poems?”
8. Bring out the symbolic significance of the glass menagerie in the play.
9. What lessons for life did A.P.J.Kalam learn from his parents?
10. What is the usual misconception about love?
11. Why does George Orwell regard sports as an “unfailing cause of ill-will?”
12. What does the author mean by seeing off the shine?
13. Why is Brady reluctant to fight against Jack?
14. What argument does the hermit use to dissuade the king from killing the deer?
15. Give two reasons why the author wants a wife.

SECTION B.

Answer any 4 of the following  in about 200 to 250 words each (4×10=40 marks)

 

1. Discuss the union between plant life and human life as portrayed by Thoreau and Kalidasa.
2. To love is to give. Show how the little child transforms the giant’s life through his act of love.
3. How important are the early influences and experiences critical in shaping one’s future according to Dr. Kalam’s lifestory?
4. Critically examine Nora’s discussion with Helmer as a plea for women’s liberation.
5. Examine Swami and Friends as a humorous account on the importance of sports for young people.

SECTION C.

Answer any 2 of the following in about 300 to 400 words each. (2×15=30 marks)

 

1. 1. Write a personal account of the love you have shared with an elderly neighbour
   2. Jot down your observations during a journey in a crowded bus on a rainy day.
   3. Do you think the popularity of cricket is at the cost of other sports?
   4. Write a short essay on the abuse of women in our television serials

• write an imaginative account of an encounter with a celebrity during a journey by train.

 

 

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