LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 59

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                        EL 4809 – BRITISH LITERATURE

 

 

Date & Time : 25-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

Answer the following in about 30 words each.                                               (5×2=10)

 

• But thy strong Hours indignant worked their wills.

How did the strong Hours work their wills on Tithonus?

 

• My heart in hiding

Stirred for a bird, the achieve of, the mastery of the thing.

Bring out the contrast between the bird and the persona in this extract.

 

• O Presences

That passion, piety or affection knows,

And that all heavenly glory symbolise.

What is the nature of the relationship between the Presences and the images?

 

• Eyes I dare not meet in dreams

In death’s dream kingdom

These do not appear:

What are the eyes which the speaker dare not meet in dreams?

 

• I have to live for others and not for myself: that middle class morality.

Identify the speaker and comment on the dramatic significance of the above extract.

 

• Comment on the metaphor of the motorcycle in the poem by Thom Gunn.
• What is the implication of the image of the mask in On the Move.
• Comment on the title Waiting for Godot
• What aspect of the duke’s personality does the poem My Last Duchess highlight?
• Point out two characteristics of absurd theatre in Waiting for Godot.

 

SECTION – B

 

Answer any five of the following in about 200 words each.              (5´8=40)

 

• How does Tennyson treat the theme of immortality in the poem Tithonus?

 

• Attempt a critical study of the ending of Shaw’s Pygmalion.

 

• “The dark necessity of fate combined with the maligned force of evil and chance creates the unified fabric of Hardy’s thematic pattern”. Attempt a critical study of this statement with reference Hardy’s The Return of the Native.

 

• Do you think Becket has succumbed to the voices of the tempters in Murder in the cathedral ? Give reasons.

 

• Discuss the gothic element in Wuthering Heights.
• Comment on the scene in the fowl-loft in The Rainbow.
• Discuss aspects of poetic drama in Murder in the Cathedral.
• Highlight the thematic concerns in The Journey of the Magi.

 

 

 SECTION – C

 

Answer the following in about 300 words each.                            (2´20=40)

 

• “The theme of The Hollow Men is brought out with a profound sense of irony, parody and cynicism symbolised by a wealth of images” Discuss.

OR

“Shaw has no real heroes and no villains”. Attempt a study of this observation with reference to his play Pygmalion.

 

• What are the characteristics of the theatre of the absurd? Show how Beckett uses it to elaborate on the condition of modern man.

OR

What is the importance of multiple perspectives in Lord Jim?

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 61

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 4809/EL 2801 – BRITISH LITERATURE

 

 

 

Date & Time: 20/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00    Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

Answer the following in about 30 words each.                                                             (10×2 = 20)

1.Comment on the imagery in the poem  On the Move by Thom Gunn.

2. What is the implication of the goggles in On the Move.
3. Comment on the title Waiting for Godot
4. What aspect of the duchess’s personality does the poem My Last Duchess highlight?
5. Point out two characteristics of absurd theatre in Waiting for Godot.
6. Why does Tithonus call immortality cruel?
7. Why does Tithonus ask Aurora to release him from immortality?
8. How does Yeats describe the recent image of Maud Gonne?
9. What is the answer to the question, ‘How can we know the dancer from the dance’?
10. “My heart in hiding

Stirred for a bird,-the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!”

Explain the significance of the passage.

 

SECTION – B

 

Answer any five of the following in about 200 words each.                                                  (5×8=40)

 

11. Discuss the gothic element in Wuthering Heights.

1. Comment on the death of Tom Brangwen in The Rainbow.

13.Discuss aspects of poetic drama in Murder in the Cathedral.

1. Highlight the thematic concerns in The Lord of the Flies
2. Do you consider Yeats’ descriptions in Among School Children as a curse upon old age? Justify your answer.
3. Do you think Beckett was looking forward to his martyrdom in Murder in the Cathedral? Give reasons.
4. Discuss the social issues that Dickens raises in his novel Great Expectations.

18. What are Professor Higgins’ comments on man-woman relationships?

Do you agree with them entirely? Attempt an assessment of the truth in his comments.

 

SECTION – C

 

Answer the following in about 300 words each.                                                                   (2×20=40)

 

1. What are the characteristics of the theatre of the absurd?  Show how Beckett uses it to elaborate on the condition of modern man.

OR

What is the importance of the narrative voice in Lord Jim?

 

20.  How does Tennyson treat the theme of immortality in the poem Tithonus? Discuss.

OR

Attempt a critical study of the role of Chorus in Murder in the Cathedral.

 

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