LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

MD 02

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

EL 1053 – LITERARY APPRECIATION

 

 

 

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

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

SECTION – A

Answer any six of the following in about 250 words each (6×10=60 marks)

 

1. What is the impact of the contrast between the Negro’s silence and the gossip of the town?
2. Comment on the “negative” thoughts in the poem London Snow
3. Discuss Herriot’s experiences at the dentist’s as a comment on the medical profession.
4. How do the personal details about Ka enhance the mood of the mood of the chapter titled The Silence of Snow.
5. Identify the many ways through which Mulk Raj Anand brings out the absurdity of fashion fads.
6. Elaborate on the connection Colin Mooers draws between capitalism and imperialism.
7. Show how the author satirizes gender roles in Why I Want A Wife.
8. To what extent can you agree with the speaker’s ideas of a prudent life in Hamlet?

 

Answer any two of the following in about 400 words each (2×20=40 marks)

1. Do you agree that the hype around first class cricket in India is detrimental to the development of other games such as hockey and football?
2. Attempt a short essay titled Why I Want A Husband
3. Write a short account/poem/ short story about the traditions of any festival in your community.

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

XA 02

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

EL 1053 – LITERARY APPRECIATION

 

 

 

Date : 05-11-08                     Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

                                                                        SECTION – A

 

Answer any SIX of the following in about 250 words each                              (6×10=60 marks)

 

1. Show how The Solitary Reaper and London Snow bring out a sense of harmony between humans and Nature.
2. What cultural perceptions about marriage and wifehood does the writer attack in Why I Want a Wife?
3. We saw a long strand of iron gray hair… Comment on the techniques the writer uses to keep up the suspense in the story of Miss Emily.
4. Do you agree that Khushwant Singh keeps details to the minimum but brings out a picture of a woman larger than life?
5. Highlight aspects of autumnal music. What do they signify?
6. Differentiate between ideologies and lies.
7. Show how the imagery in the poem In My Name effectively brings out the double suffering of the speaker.
8. Show how sports encourage the speaker’s academic and aesthetic sensibilities.

SECTION – B

 

Answer any TWO of the following in about 400 words each                           (2×20=40 marks)

 

9. Recast the loneliness and little pleasures of the Muthassi’s life from the point of view of the

son-in –law.

10. Attempt a humourous poem/anecdote on any experience in your college campus.
11. Construct an imaginary conversation between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack

Obama on racial discrimination.

12. Do you agree that equal rights for women also imply increased responsibility? What is the

role of men in ensuring a gender equal world?

 

 

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