LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
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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.
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“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?