LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 5500 – WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION

 

 

 

Date : 25-04-2012              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

 

Answer the following in about 50 words each:                                                          (10×2=20)

 

1. What is media res?
2. What is the function of the chorus according to Horace?
3. Name the gods who favoured Paris and Menelaus? Why were they favoured?
4. What was Oedipus’s crime and how did he punish himself?
5. List Horace’s views on decorum.
6. Specify the role of the chorus in “Oedipus Rex”.
7. Why was Oedipus rejected by his parents after his birth?
8. Who was Horace addressing the ‘Ars Poetica’ to and in what form was it written?
9. What happened to Berthe after the death of her parents?
10. How did Oedipus become the child of King Polybus of Corinth?

 

PART – B

 

Answer any Four of the following in about 200 words each:                                      (4×10=40)

 

11. Trace with suitable examples the themes in Tagore’s “Gitanjali”.
12. Examine the character of Orogon in Moliere “Tartuffe”.
13. Discuss the theme of love in Chekov’s “Seagull”.
14. Analyse the comic elements in Plautus’s “The Twin Menaechmi”.
15. Comment on Augustus’s views on God in “The Confessions” Book 1.
16. Compare and contrast the characters of Meelaus and Paris.
17. Sketch the character Rodolphe in “Madame Bovary”.
18. Describe Dante’s visit to the gates of hell in “The Inferno”.

 

PART – C

 

 Answer any TWO of the following in about 300 words each:                               (2×20=40)

 

19. Discuss Horace’s views on characterization and dramatic plot in “Ars Poetica”.
20. What are the dramatic techniques employed by Sophocles?
21. Describe the major Greek heroes presented by Homer in Book 3 of “The Illiad”.
22. Illustrate the important themes in Chekov’s “ The Seagull”.
23. “Tolstoy doesn’t explicitly moralise in the book, he allows his themes to emerge

naturally from the “vast panorama of Russian life”. Discuss.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

EL 5500 – WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION

 

 

 

Date : 01/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

Answer the following in about 50 words each:                                                                          (10X2=20)

 

1. Set forth the two precepts advocated by Horace regarding choice of subject in poetry.
2. State Horace’s advise concerning the coining of new words in poetry.
3. Which meter according to Horace is most suited for drama and why?
4. What according to the oracle can remedy Thebes of its pestilence?
5. Why does Tieresias hesitate to disclose the truth about the murder of Laius?
6. What are the twin crimes inadvertently committed by Oedipus?
7. How does Homer describe the Trojans march?
8. Why of all Greek warriors is Menelaus most eager to fight Paris?
9. How does the single combat between Menelaus and Paris conclude?
10. What happens to Bertha after her parents’ death?

 

PART – B

Answer any four of the following in about 200 words each:                                                 (4X10=40)

 

11. How does Tagore urge the renunciation of worldly luxuries in Gitanjali?
12. Explain the symbolic significance of the three beasts in Dante’s poem.
13. Cull out the features of classical drama as exemplified in The Twin Menaechmi.
14. Who in your opinion is more guilty Orgon or Tartuffe? Argue.
15. Attempt a titular appraisal of Chekhov’s play.
16. How does Tolstoy use Vronsky’s racehorse to foreshadow Anna’s tragic fate?
17. Attempt a character sketch of Oedipus.
18. Bring out the disparity between the city and country setting in Tolstoy’s novel.

 

PART – C

Answer any two of the following in about 400 words each:                                                 (2X20=40)

 

19. Analyse the conflict between destiny and freewill as portrayed by Sophocles.
20. Attempt an essay on Horace’s views concerning the composition of dramatic plot.
21. Emma unlike Anna fully deserves her tragic fate. Substantiate your stance
22. Contrast the characters of Menelaus and Paris as depicted by Homer.

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