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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2011

EL 4812 – NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES FROM 1900

 

 

Date : 07-04-2011             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

Section A

 

1. Answer any Five of the following in about 200 words each: 5×8=40

 

1. Atticus is a man who wants to look at things from others’ point of view – Discuss:
2. Estimate the character of John in Go Tell It on the Mountain.
3. Consider Jason as a hardcore materialist.
4. Evaluate Ms. Eckhart as a music teacher in June Recital.
5. Comment on the characterization of the novel The Razor’s Edge.
6. Write a note on the central symbol of the church in James Joyce’s Araby.
7. How did D.H.Lawrence employ the mythical tone and symbolism in “The Rocking Horse Winner”?
8. Throw light on Scobie’s character.

Section B

 

1. Answer the following in about 400 words each: 3×20=60

 

1. Discuss how effectively the stream of consciousness technique is used in The Sound and The Fury.

(Or)

Discuss John Updikes’ “Son” in the light of the specter of domestic loss, of love moving forward from all sides toward a contact barely reached.

 

2. H.Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse Winner as a sardonic tale – Elucidate.

(Or)

How does James Joyce employ the theme of illusion and reality in “Araby”.

 

3. Examine the treatment of woman as power in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

(Or)

Explore the allegorical relationship found in William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies.

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 4812 – NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES FROM 1900

 

 

Date : 18-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

1. Answer any Five of the following in about 200 words each: 5×8=40

 

1. Demon Lover is a Gothic Story –Elucidate.
2. Critically comment on the Freudian Complex used by D.H.Lawrence in ‘The Rocking-Horse Winner’.
3. Write about the role of women in the life of Larry in ‘The Razor’s Edge’.
4. Evaluate the reasons for the companionship between Louise Scobie and Edward Wilson.
5. John Updike’s ‘Son’ mirrors hope and despair in the lives of Universal sons – Discuss.
6. Estimate the character of John in Go Tell it on the Mountain.
7. Consider Jason Compson as a hardcore materialist.
8. Consider Tom Robinson as a mocking bird.

 

 

1. Answer the following in about 400 words each:   3×20=60

 

9. How does Graham Greene highlight the theme of pride and failure in The Heart of the Matter?

(Or)

Examine the symbolism employed by D.H.Lawrence in ‘The Rocking-Horse Winner’.

 

10. How does Harper Lee present one man’s struggle for justice against race and class?

(Or)

Critically evaluate the different reactions of Compson brothers Benji, Quentin and Jason to the life of Caddy.

 

11. George Orwell’s Animal Farm is Political Satire-Elucidate.

(Or)

‘One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ is a struggle between power and freedom –Discuss

 

 

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