LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

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LO 02

DEGREE EXAMINATION –GENERAL ENGLISH

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 1051 – LITERARY APPRECIATION – I

 

 

Date & Time: 03/05/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00        Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

SECTION – A

 

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

1. How does Scott Peck describe love?
2. Why are Romeo and Juliet bothered about their names?
3. How does the little boy bring about a change of heart in “The Selfish Giant?”
4. Why are the adults eager to get rid of the snow?
5. Why are the Maine woods referred to as virgin forests?
6. What argument does the hermit use to dissuade the king from killing the deer?
7. Give two reasons why the author wants a wife.
8. Why does Nora decide to slam the door on Helmer?
9. give two ways in which the girl child suffers in  the poem “I Ask…Why?
10. What does W.H.Auden signify by saying the “the death of the poet was kept from his poems?”
11. Bring out the connection between Laura and the glass menagerie in the play.
12. What lessons for life did A.P.J.Kalam learn from his father?
13. Why does George Orwell regard sports as an “unfailing cause of ill-will?”
14. What does the author mean by seeing off the shine?
15. Why is Brady reluctant to fight against Jack?

 

SECTION B.

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

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

 

SECTION C.

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

22. Write a personal account of the love you have shared with a grandparent.

1. Jot down your observations during a a journey in a crowded bus on a hot summer’s day.
2. if you were a filmmaker what positive images of womanhood would you like to highlight in your films?
3. Dr. Kalam has always lavished praise on his teachers for having touched and shaped life. Can you think of any teacher who has been a positive influence on you?

26. Do you think big time cricket is getting to be dangerously corrupt with every tournament?

 

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