LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 19

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                EL 1800 – NEW LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

 

Date & Time : 22-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART  A

1. Answer any FOUR in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
   1. “The child still thinks she is wiser than

The cotton head of age”.

• Is this a fair assessment? How?

2. “ The great eagle lifts its wings from the dream

And the shells of childhood are scattered”.

• Consider the figures of speech in these lines.

3. “All sagging as are

The cases celebrated for kwashiorkor,

The unforeseen camp-follower of not just our war”.

• Bring out the significance of these lines.
  4. “This means that I am greater than

The fox of the undergrowth”

–    How does it reverse at the end of the play?

5. “How can I face such slaughter and be cool?

How can I turn from Africa and live?”

• What causes this dilemma and why?

 

1. Answer any TWO in 150 words each: ( 2 x 9 = 18 marks )

6. Bring out the rich oral tradition of the Igbo society as expressed in Things Fall Apart .
7. How do the poems from Africa play on the human emotions? Explain with special reference to the poems prescribed for your study.
8. Discuss the themes and concerns in the study of West Indian Literature.

 

III. Answer any ONE in 300 words:                                                (1 x 20 = 20 marks )

9. Analyse the two plays of Soyinka prescribed for your study with special reference to their themes, diction, milieu and techniques.
10. Discuss the themes and concerns of New Literatures in English with suitable examples.

 

PART-B

1. Answer any Four questions in 50 words each: (4×3=12 marks)

 

1. “Whatever I do I must

Keep my head….”

Explain the context of this utterance.

 

2. “Under the central dome of winter and night

A wild swan spreads his fantastic wing.”

Comment on the symbolism in these lines.

 

3. ” Where second-hand Europeans pullulate…”

Why does the poet speak in such a harsh manner?

 

4. “To be simple is not a simple thing.”

Is this line simple or profound in your view?

 

5. “The solitude of poetry

locked me within its second shade”

Establish the connection between “poetry” and “second shade”.

 

1. Answer any Two questions in 150 words each: (2×9=18 marks)

 

6. Critically examine “My Daughter’s Boy Friend” as a poem on cultural conflict.

 

7. Discuss ” Loneliness” as an existential poem.

 

8. Analyze “House and Land” as an evocative poem.

 

III. Answer any One of the following questions in about 300 words: (1×20=20 marks)

 

1. What kind of a role does Chinua Achebe envisage for a novelist?

 

2. Discuss Atwood’s “Surfacing “either as an existential or postmodern novel?

 

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                        LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 19

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 1800 – NEW LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

 

Date & Time : 04-11-2006/1.00-4.00     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

Note: Please answer Part – A and Part – B separately.

 

PART – A

 

1. Answer any FOUR of the following in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)

 

1. ‘Out of my way, book-nourished shrimp.

Do you see what strength he has given me?’

• Who are the two referred to here? How are they contrasted?

1. ‘If now I am misunderstood by you

And your race of savages, I rise above taunts

And remain unruffled’.

      –     Who is misunderstood and why?

1. ‘They are the wandering minstrels who, beating on

The drums of the human heart, draw the world

Into a dance with rites it does not know’

• Comment on these lines.

1. ‘The once proud planet shrieks in terror

Opening a vast space for the mysterious young bird

For the merciless talons of the new generation.’

• Explain the poetic device used here.

1. ‘I who am poisoned with the blood of both,

Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?’

• What causes the dilemma?

 

1. Answer any TWO in 150 words each: (2 x 9 = 18 marks)

 

1. Bring out the rich African oral tradition as seen in Things Fall Apart.
2. Discuss Soyinka’s concern in reforming the religion in The Trials of Brother Jero.
3. Identify the themes of the West Indian Poetry with suitable examples.

 

III. Answer any ONE in 300 words:                                                                          (20 marks)

 

1. Consider the political ideology of East Africa as seen from the texts of Julius K. Nyerere and Ngugi wa Thiongo.
2. Critically analyze The Lion and the Jewel with special reference to its theme, diction, millieu and techniques.

 

 

 

 

 

PART – B

 

1. Answer any FOUR of the following in 50 words each: (4 x 3 = 12 marks)

 

1. “A wild swan spreads his fantastic wing”

Identify the “wild swan” and his contributions.

1. “The learned doubt, the chatter of cultured apes”

Explain the phrases “learned doubt” and “cultured apes” in terms of the overall context of the poem.

1. “To be snatched off my branches by a thoughtless hand”.

What is the cause of the poet’s grief?

1. “To be simple is not a simple thing.”

What task is simplicity connected with in the above line?

1. “The Solitude of poetry locked me within its Second Shade”.

Establish the relationship between poetry and the poet’s personal life.

 

1. Answer any TWO in 150 words each (2 x 9 = 18 marks)

 

1. Critically examine A Prairie Water Column as a poem that exalts the beauty of Nature and Art simultaneously.
2. Bring out the satirical slant in A.D. Hope’s Australia.
3. Discuss Shaw Neilson as a Nature poet.

 

III. Answer any ONE in 300 words                                                                           (20 marks)

 

1. Critically analyze Atwood’s Surfacing either as a psychological or a feminist novel.
2. Comment on Chinua Achebe’s assertion that a novelist must play the role of a teacher through his verbal art.

 

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