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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

    EL 1803 – INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – 20TH C

 

 

 

Date : 28/04/2008            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART – A

1. Answer the following in 50 words each: (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

1. A living tradition influences our inner faculties, humanizes our nature and lifts us to a higher level.
2. She won’t let you go.

You know how old women are.

1. Now I ask other speakers to speak

and after words Miss Pushpa

will do the summing up.

1. it’s true i write in english

dream in the language of shakespeare n keats

but i am not an anglo my friend

1. The rickshaw driver wants

to be paid so he can

pay the tonga driver

1. Unknown yet well known to the eye of faith.
2. and was brought back in plane

and train and military truck

and before the telegrams reached.

1. But someone told me he got two lines.

in an inside column of a Madras newspaper.

1. But none was exclusive, the three elements were always present.
2. We have practically to take three facts into consideration.

 

PART – B

1. Answer any EIGHT of the following in 150 words each: (8 x 5 = 40 marks)

1. How does Upamanyu Chatterjee feature the Indian

Administrative Service in English, August.

1. How does Sharet Chandra view his motherland from abroad?
2. Justify the title, The Guide.
3. Write a critique on Train to Pakistan.
4. How does Ezekiel showcase India in his poems?
5. The past of India is her stupendous vitality with all her plethora of activity – Elaborate.
6. Define what is beauty as revealed in The Dance of Shiva by Coomaraswamy
7. Babani Battacharya’s views in So Many Hungers
8. Idealism Vs Pragmatism in the play “Tughlaq”
9. Describe some of the early experiences and escapades of Dom Moraes.

 

PART – C

III. Answer any TWO of the following in 450 words each:              (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

1. Bring out the features of Hindu Dharma as propounded by Radhakrishnan.
2. a) Explain with examples how Mukta Dhara is still relevant to India.

OR

1. b) Comment on the themes and concerns in the Indian writing in English.

1. Establish how Spirtuality is the master-key of the Indian mind.
2. a) Recollect the reflections of Toru Dutt, A.K. Ramanujan and Dom Moraes and show how they are similar to each other.

OR

1. b) Consider the cultural assumptions in the rich oral heritage of India as seen in

‘Kanthapura’

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    EL 1803 – INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – 20TH C

 

 

 

Date : 04-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

1.     Annotate or interpret the following in 50 words each:                                       (10 x 3 = 30))

 

1. It cannot be split up into a few sharply defined elements,

as the intellect, the emotions    and the will.

 

2. More candles, more lanterns, more neighbours,

More insects, and the endless rain.

 

3. The rickshaw driver wants

to be paid so he can

pay the tonga driver.

 

4. She hobbles along anyway

And tightens her grip on your shirt.

 

5. i hate hyphens

the artificial bridges

between artificial values

in the name of race religion n language’

 

6. “……transparent river where

The swan sleeps with her young under her wings”

 

7. “Nothing stays out ; daughters

get married to short-lived idiots

sons who run away come back”

 

8. “Being the burning type ,

He burned properly”

 

9. “And the waves gently kissed the classic shore

Of France or Italy……..”.

 

10. “There is a closer semblance to the recent Celtic movement

In Ireland”

 

 

 

 

 

           II  Answer any  EIGHT of the following in 150 words each:                    (8 x 5 = 40 marks)

 

11. Make a character study of Raju the guide.
12. Comment on the style of Upamanyu Chatterjee.
13. Discuss the symbolism in Mukta Dhara.
14. How does Sharat Chandra view India from abroad?
15. Discuss how Radhakrishnan defends Hinduism.
16. Mention the plethora of activities that the Indians carried on in the past.
17. Tughlaq is a political allegory- discuss.
18. How do you justify the title “So Many Hungers”
19. Mulk Raj Anand’s views in “The Untouchables”
20. Bring out the Indianness in the novel Kanthapura.

 

 

 I II. Answer any TWO of the following in 450 words each:                         (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

 

21.      Attempt an essay on Indian Writing in English, based on

its historical development, with suitable examples.

 

22. a)  Bring out the Indian sensibility from the poems

prescribed for your study.

OR

1. b) Juxtapose Ezekiel’s poetry of humour and simplicity and

Kolatkar’s poetry of photographic pen pictures.

 

23. a)Depict the Hindu view of Art in“TheDanceofShiva”.

OR

1. b) The Renaissance  in India implies the rebirth of her soul into a new

body  of energy- Discuss.

 

24.       Describe the small scale reflections of A.K.Ramanujan on a great house.

 

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