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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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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

NM 25

SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 2054/ EL 2062 – POWER COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00     Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 100 Marks

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Answer all the questions:                                                                                           (10×10=100 marks)

 

1. Elaborate on the types and elements of Communication.
2. Identify seven common positive and negative gestures that indicate the attitude of an audience and explain them in a tabular column.
3. Imagine yourself as a participant in a group discussion with four other members on the topic “Education is a preparation for a livelihood as well as living well”. Prepare two rounds of exchanges in the following order; A, B, C, and D.
4. What are the four important guidelines for an effective group discussion?
5. Define listening and list out the seven major reasons why people fail to listen.
6. What are the skills and qualities that interviewers expect in a candidate for recruitment?
7. What are the objectives and components of career guidance?
8. Elaborate the factors and the skills required to become an effective public speaker?
9. Draft a speech on the topic “Climate Change” with an introduction, four main points with illustrations and a suitable conclusion.
10. Critically examine the following excerpt from President Barack Obama’s inaugural address for the following elements with textual evidence:
11. Logical presentation
    b. Emotional appeal
    c. Call to action

My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land — a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted — for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor — who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them — that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control — and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort — even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

 

 

 

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       LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

NM 38

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1053 – LITERARY APPRECIATION

 

 

 

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

 

 

SECTION – A

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

 

1. How do you think Homer Barron died?
2. Comment on the “positive” thoughts in the poem London Snow
3. Discuss Herriot’s experiences at the dentist’s as a comment on the medical profession.
4. Show how silence enhances the feeling of fear in The Silence of the 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. What implications does marriage have for a man as elaborated by Judy Syphers?
8. Comment on the advice the father gives the son when the latter sets out on his journey to the university in Hamlet.

SECTION – B

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

 

1. Do you agree that the racist and sexist prejudices are detrimental to the development of our country?
2. Attempt a short essay titled Why Cricket Should Be Banned.
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

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2011

EL 1053/1051 – LITERARY APPRECIATION

 

 

Date : 20-04-2011             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

 

SECTION – A

 

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

 

1. Do you agree  In My Name is an angry comment on sexual and cultural exploitation?
2. Why does Ms. Emily keep aloof from her  neighbours.?
3. Show how the writer brings out a sense of fear in the bus journey to Kars.
4. Examine aspects of satire in Herriot’s visit to the dentist.
5. Show how the child’s life was enriched by the intervention of  Mr. Hare.
6. What according to Colin Mooers are the goals of contemporary imperialism?
7. What is it about cricket that Neville Cardus finds most attractive?
8. Identify some of the cultural perceptions about gender roles in the exclamation, “My God who wouldn’t want a wife?”

 

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

 

1. If you are the child’s father in Summer Vacation … Write an account of your life in the city when the child is away in the village city with her grandmother.
2. Write a short account of an interesting person you have met.
3. Do you agree that our films should stop creating super heroes and concentrate on socially relevant themes? Give reasons.

 

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