LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

NM 39

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1051 – LITERARY APPRECIATION – I

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

SECTION – A

Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each           (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

 

1. How is the selfish giant transformed?
2. Why is the love of Romeo and Juliet for each other doomed from the start?
3. What is Helmer’s initial reaction to the letter?
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. Distinguish between the laws of nature and forest laws.
7. What does W.H.Auden signify by saying the “the death of the poet was kept from his poems”?
8. Comment on the connection between the glass menagerie and laura.
9. What lessons for life did A.P.J.Kalam learn from his parents?
10. What is the usual misconception about love?
11. Do you agree with George Orwell that sports is 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. Why does the hermit insist that the king should not kill the deer?
15. Give two reasons why the author wants a wife.

 

SECTION B

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

 

1. Discuss the union between plant life and human life as portrayed by Thoreau and Kalidasa.
2. How does the winter in the giant’s garden turn into spring?
3. How important are the early influences and experiences critical in shaping one’s future according to Dr. Kalam’s lifestory?
4. Do you agree with Nora’s reasons for wanting to leave?
5. Examine Swami and Friends as a humorous account on the importance of sports for young people.

SECTION C

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

 

1. Write a personal account of the ups and downs in the relationship with your mother.
2. Write a humourous account of an encounter at the beach with the traffic police.
3. Do you think the cricket news is important enough to be aired on prime time TV?
4. Write a short essay on violence against women in our television serials
5. Write an imaginative account of an encounter with a celebrity during a journey by train.

 

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