LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

DM 44

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

EL 4956 – ESSAY

 

 

 

Date : 28-04-08                  Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

Answer any ONE of the following questions in about 2000 words.  (1×100 = 100 marks)

1. The modern man would be a person of no value in today’s society without Mass Communication. Give reasons to support your stand.
2. Every author is the product of his age and Philosophy of his times. Give illustrations from the texts of literature and philosophy.
3. Black Writing is the voice of the suppressed. Elaborate this statement with relevant evidence from literary texts.
4. Neo-classical Age in English Literature is “an age of prose and Reason”. Illustrate this statement with the texts you are familiar with.
5. Discuss Shakespeare as a master craftsman in both Tragedy and comedy through the portrayal of his characters.
6. Discuss Twentieth Century American Literature.
7. Explain with illustrations Modernism and Postmodernism in Literature.
8. Discuss New Literatures in English.

 

 

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