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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

I SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 1951–LITRATURE BY WOMEN

Date        : 01.11.04                                                                               Max      : 100 marks

Duration : 9 – 12 noon                                                                                    Hours    : 3 hrs

 

Answer the following in about 50 to 75 words each.                         (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Few men about her would and could do more,

Hence she was labeled harpy, shrew and whore.

How does the story of Mary Wollstonecraft anticipate the fate of the “thinking woman?”

  1. She’s long about her coming, who must be

More merciless to herself than history.

What must the New Woman be equipped with in order to be in full command of her energy and power?

 

  1. My God, father, each Christmas day

With your blood, will I drink down your glass of wine?

Show how Christmas becomes an occasion when blood ties are celebrated. What is the ritual significance of wine?

 

  1. But suicides have a special language.

Like carpenters they want to know which tools.

They never ask why build.

What is the special language of the suicide? What are they communicating through this act of self-destruction?

 

  1. He kept brooding over the insult,

Over the trick They played on us, over the scolding.

List the many ways Adam tries to come to terms with his exile. How does Eve react?

  1. . . . It was necessary

To be more beautiful than ever.

The beautiful wife.

For sometimes she fancied he looked at her as though

Measuring her. As if he considered, Had she been worth it?

Comment on the effect of the lynching on the relationship between the man and his wife. What is the fall out?

 

  1. Dress in sarees, be girl

Be wife, they said. Be embroiderer, be cook

Be a quarreller with servants.

Why does the speaker reject the advice of her well-wishers to conform to tradition? What is the price demanded of her for her decisions.

 

  1. There is a house now far away where once

I received love…. That woman died,

The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved

Among books I was then too young

To read, and my blood turned cold like the moon.

How does the silence of the house reflect the speaker’s withdrawal from life?

Comment on the imagery.

 

 

  1. But when the web is pulled askew, hooked up at the edge, torn in the middle, one remembers that these webs are not spun in mid air by incorporeal creatures, but are the work of suffering human beings, and are attached to grossly material things, like health and money and the houses we live in.

Comment on the near absence of women writers in the literary firmament.

  1. For one often catches a glimpse of them in the lives of the great, whisking away into the background, concealing, I sometimes think, a wink, a laugh, perhaps a tear.

The woman’s contribution in the shaping of reality has seldom been acknowledged in books of history. What strategies for visibility does the author suggest?

 

Answer any FOUR of the following in about 300 to 400 words each.

(4 x 20 = 80 marks)

 

  1. A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi portrays a close relationship between literature and reality in which literature influences behaviour and shapes reality. Show how Gwendolyn Brooks weaves bitter irony into fantasy to portray the human cost of actions motivated by hate. How does the white woman redeem herself?

 

  1. Write an essay on the myth of motherhood in any one of the short stories prescribed for study.

 

  1. The culture of the past is a predator to the sensitive woman and the intellectual woman who absorbs it becomes her own enemy. Elaborate on Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law as a record of the anxiety of middle age which also challenges the woman to recognize and reject self-destructive emotional responses to life.

 

  1. Judith Wright’s poem takes up the Biblical myth of the first human tragedy, lends it a comic twist to make a point on marriage and married relationships. Comment on the case she makes for feminine intuition.

 

  1. If Shakespeare had a sister… What are some of the challenges that women writers face? To what extent are these material/social/psychological?

 

  1. Jane Eyre’s life falls apart at the seams on the day she nearly marries Rochester. Show how she joins the compulsions of conventional morality with passion to take on the world. Do you think Jane is an acceptable prototype for a liberated woman?

 

  1. Jaya is a failed writer, haunted by her past and tormented by the claustrophobia of a loveless marriage. What is the significance of silence in a woman’s life? Comment on Sashi Despande’s novel as a portrayal of the imbalances in marriage.

 

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2004 Linguistics-II Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

III SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 3801– LINGUISTICS-II

Date : 28.10.04                                                                                                  Max       :100 marks

Time: 1.00 – 4.00 pm                                                                          Duration :3 hrs

PART – A

I  Answer any TWO of the following:                                                 (2x 10 = 20 marks)

1.What are the phases of speech?

2.Give the place and manner of articulation of all the phonetic symbols in English.

3.Give the short notes for the following

  1. Phonemes. B. alliteration   C. Phonetics  D. Synesthasia

4.Give practical suggestions for teaching English pronunciation to Indian learners.

 

II Transcribe the following conversation into the phonemic symbols:           (15 marks)

A : Aren’t you going to attend the conference?

B : It will be in the middle of next month.

A : It  will be nice to attend. What is the topic?

B :  It should be on  ‘ELT in India.

A :  I like the topic and I will attend

B :  Are you interested in presenting papers?

A :  I think I should be

B : All the best then I will see you there.

(OR)

Mark the intonation for the following conversation and give necessary explanation. 

(15 marks)

A : Where are you going next week?

B :  I am planning to visit CIEFL  library.

A : Shall I join you?

B :Of course, it will be my pleasure.

A : Is it a good library?

B :I heard it so.

A : Will you then be booking our tickets?

B : No I am busy. Can you do it?

 

III. Attempt a line by line prosodic analysis of the following poem:                           (15 marks)

Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove,

That hills and valleys, dales and fields,

Or woods or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks

And see the shepherds feed their flocks

By shallow rivers, to whose falls

Melodious birds sing madrigals

And I will make thee beds of roses

And a thousand fragrant posies;

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle,

Embroider’d all with leaves of myrtle.

 

 

A gown made of the finest wool,

Which from our pretty lambs, we’ll pull

Fur lined slippers for the cold

With buckles of the purest gold

PART – B

IV Write an essay on any ONE of the following in about 400 words.                        (20 marks)

‘The social goal of comity is achieved by a combination of  Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle’. Explain the statement by using examples from local context.

(or)

Language has universal constraints. Explain System constraints with local examples.

 

V Write on any THREE of the following in about 150 words each        (3×5=15 marks)

  1. Truth conditional semantics
  2. Conversational implicatures
  3. Constatives and Performatives
  4. Turn taking
  5. Cost benefit scale of Tact maxim
  6. Modesty maxim

 

VI Answer the question given on the following discourse.                       (3×5=15 marks)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Cull out features of Speech event in the passage.
  2. Explain cases of reference and tie in the passage
  3. Explain the use of register in the passage

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2004 Indian Literature In English Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

I SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 1801 – INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

Date        : 27.10.04                                                                             Max      : 100 marks

Duration : 9 – 12 noon                                                                                    Hours    : 3 hrs

 

  1. Answer the following in about 50 words each with interpretations of the given lines.

(10 x 2 = 20 marks)

  1. An unexpected November

shut the door in my face:

 

  1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call

Him not by any name, he is every man

 

  1. Things come in every day

to lose themselves among other things

lost long ago among

other things lost long ago

 

  1. O Master of the Birds, grant sanctuary and shelter

Also to a homing bird that bears a broken wing

 

  1. The old man from the East murmurs to himself: “I have seen!”

 

  1. Mine is no ordinary appetite.

 

  1. A link based on a need. The need ended. the link snapped.

 

  1. If I hadn’t tasted the fruit of knowledge

I could have gone on living in this paradise

of your blessed society of rules. Now I can

only batter my head against the wall.

 

  1. Communists get quick results because when you

adopt the means of annihilating men, they do

not remain to oppose you.

 

  1. All talk of national integration has so far proved to be an exercise in futility

 

  1. Answer five of the following in about 150-200 words each: (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Narrate the peculiar experiences that Kamala Das encountered in those early formative years of her life

 

  1. How does Sarojini Naidu view the evanescence of youth and beauty in ‘The Purdah Nashin’

 

  1. What is the grouse that Parthasarathy has against his fellow poets?
  2. Identify the major conflict found in the poem ‘The Night of the Scorpion’.
  3. Symbolism in Sakharam, the Binder
  4. Evan Indrajit is the best example of experimental theatre
  5. Mulk Raj Anand speaks through Bakha, the chief character of The Untoucheable:

 

 

III. Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words:                    (1 x 20 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Illustrate how Parthasarathy and Ramanujar deal with the subject of Indian culture and tradition.

 

  1. Vijay Tendulkar’s preoccupation with the middle class problems pervade the play Sakharam, the Binder

 

  1. Is there a solution to the problem of Untouchability in the novel The Untouchable.?

 

  1. Depict the picture of India and Indian culture from the two prose pieces prescribed for study.

 

  1. Attempt any ONE of the following in about 400 words. (1 x 20 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Discuss Toru Dutt’s ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ as a poem that embraces the past, the present and the future.

 

  1. Bring out the symbolic, spiritual and mystical nature of Aurobindo’s ‘ ‘Rose of God’.
  2. K. Narayan is the best among the Indian English novelists. Explain through the novel ‘The Financial Expert.’

 

  1. “Voices in the city” echoes the modern generation.

 

  1. Kamala Markandaya expresses the powerful reality of poverty through ‘A Handful of Rice.’

 

  1. ‘Train to Pakistan’ is a positive novel.
  2. Describe the features of Indian Writing in English citing examples from the texts you have studied.

 

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2004 Communication To Leadership Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

I SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 1802–COMMUNICATION TO LEADERSHIP

Date        : 29.10.04                                                                                  Max      : 100 marks

Duration : 9 – 12 noon                                                                                         Hours    : 3 hrs

PART – A

 

  1. Write shot notes on any FIVE of the following in about 150 words.

(5 x 5 = 25 marks)

  1. Motivation
  2. Pro Human development values
  3. Integrated personality development
  4. PMA
  5. Skills
  6. Lateral thinking
  7. Conflicts

 

  1. Answer the following in about 200 words each. (1 x 10 = 10 marks)

 

  1. Explain Social skill as a component of emotional intelligence. Give illustrations.

 

III. Answer the following in about 300 words each.                                      (1 x 15 = 15 marks)

 

  1. How do the Empowerment HRD skills enhance leadership qualities.? How are they different from that of a manager?

PART – B

 

I Answer the following in about 50 words each:                                               (5 x 2 = 10 marks)

 

  1. What is meant by ‘enhanced self-concept’?
  2. What is ‘realistic expectation’?
  3. What is the importance of ‘self-disclosure’ in Interpersonal communication?
  4. What is meant by ‘empathic Listening’?
  5. What is ‘Assertion’ in Interpersonal Communication?

 

  1. Attempt the following. (3 x 8 = 24 marks)

 

  1. How will you resolve the conflict in the following situation and state the reason for your preference of the choice?

 

When a single member takes a position in opposition to the rest of the group, you would:

  1. a) Point out publicly that the dissenting member is blocking the group and suggest that the group move on without him or her if necessary.
  2. b) Try to uncover why the dissenting member views the issue differently, so that the group’s members can reevaluate their own positions.
  3. c) Make sure the dissenting member has a chance to communicate his or her objections so that a compromise can be reached.
  4. d) Encourage the group’s members to set the conflict aside and go on to more agreeable items on the agenda
  5. e) Remain silent, because it is best to avoid becoming involved.

 

 

 

 

  1. Read the following statement and write an appropriate three-part defending assertion (descriptive) message.

 

Statement:

Your brother is always bringing up his favorite social justice issues at every meal, often interrupting the conversation to do so. You find this personally irritating.

 

  1. Read the following situation and write reflective listening responses:
  1. Reflecting Content Response
  2. Reflecting Feeling Response
  3. Reflecting Meaning Response.

 

Situation:

I made several good suggestions at the staff meeting but no one seemed to pay any attention to them. It was as if I hadn’t said anything at all.

 

III. Answer any ONE of the following in about 300 words:                            (1 x 16 = 16 marks)

 

  1. What points will you keep in mind while preparing a speech?

 

  1. What are the constructive roles, which an effective participant has to play in a small group discussion?

 

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2004 British Literature From 1670-1832 Question Paper PDF Download

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Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai – 600 034

M.A. Degree Examination – English Literature

III  Semester – Nov. 2004

EL 3800-British Literature from 1670-1832

Date      :26.10.04                                                                                              Max. :100 marks

Duration:1 – 4 pm                                                                                             Hours : 3hours

 

Part A

 

I   Interpret the following lines in about 50 words each:                                   (10 x 2 = 20)

 

01.Her joy in gilded chariots, when alive,

And love of Ombre, after death survive.

02.Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power,

By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour;

03.His listless length at noontide would he stretch,

And pore upon the brook that babbles by.

04.It was a miracle of rare device,

A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

05.These beauteous forms,

Through a long absence, have not been to me

As is a landscape to a blind man’s eye.

  1. And I love it. I love everything that’s Old: Old friends, old

manners, Old books, old wine.

Comment on the speaker.

  1. Among women of reputation and virtue, he is the modestest man alive; but his acquaintance give him a very different character among creatures of another stamp.

(a) Who is the speaker?

(b) To whom does the speaker refer to?

  1. I reverence these young Africans of our own growth – these almost clergy imps, who sport their cloth without assumption – Explicate the metaphor in this passage.
  2. The greatness of Lear is not in corporal dimemsion, but in intellectual – Explain the passage.
  3. But the practice of stage representation reduces everything to a controversy of elocution – comment.

Part B

 

II  Answer any five of the following in short paragraphs of about 100 – 150 words

(5 x 8 = 40)

11.Describe Collins’ congenial atmosphere of the evening.

12.How does the black boy strike even with the white boy in Blake’s poem.

 

 

13.What is the Castaway’s predicament in Cowper’s poem by the same name?

14.Highlight the best features as seen in Byron’s Don Juan – Canto II.

15.Write a short note on Johnson’s views on Milton’s minor poems and epics.

16.What role do first impressions play in Pride and Prejudice?

17.How does Jonathan Swift employ a series of contrasts in Gulliver’s Travels?

18.Analyse Dryden’s estimate of Chaucer as the father of English Poetry.

 

Part C

 

III  Answer to be in about 350 – 400 words                                                         (2 x 20 = 40)

 

  1. (a)Enumerate the elegiac features that are found in Shelley’s ‘Adonais’.

(or)

(b)Elaborate on those essential elements that make ‘The School For Scandal’ a play of great     merit.

 

20.(a)The Themes of She Stoops To Conquer are developed through contrasts, such as between age and youth, city and country, and high and low social class – Discuss.

(or)

(b) Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey portrays the evolution of his attitude towards Nature – Illustrate.

 

 

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Loyola College M.A. English Nov 2004 American Literature-II Question Paper PDF Download

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

III SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 3802–AMERICAN LITERATURE-II

Date        : 30.10.04                                                                             Max      : 100 marks

Duration : 1 – 4 pm                                                                             Hours    : 3 hrs

  1. Answer the following in about 50 words each. (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
  1. I had a son once but we buried him

Explain the irony in the statement.

  1. They almost cover the stench of sin in this house.

Comment on the figure of speech used in this line.

  1. I have gotta carry on the line. I’ve gotta

see to it that things keep rolling.

Explain the multiple meaning of the word ‘line’ in this passage.

  1. I myself am hell;

nobody’s here

Comment on the literary echo in this passage.

  1. you are my brother, black or white.

you my sister-now-today!

What, according to the speaker, is the solution to peace?

  1. That money belongs to mama, Walter, and its for her to decide how

she wants to use it.

Comment on mama’s decision.

  1. I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man in his limousine

and I say, “yes, sir; no, sir; very good, sir; shall I take the drive sir?”

Identify the speaker’s emotion. What does it say of his situation?

  1. Let be be finale of seem

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream

Explain the lines.

  1. The Cambridge ladies live in furnished souls

How does the imagery enhance the theme of the poem?

  1. What is the significance of the plant struggling for life in A Raisin In The Sun?
  1. Answer any FOUR of the following in about 200 words each: (4×10 = 40 marks)
  1. Consider Robert Lowell as an imagist poet
  2. Consider A Farewell to Arms as an anti-war novel.
  3. Comment on the technique used by Arthur Miller to bring out the autobiographical element.
  4. Show how Boo Radley is a victim of societal prejudices
  5. Comment on the relationship between mother and daughter in ‘Night Mother’.
  6. Discuss some of the major thematic concerns in beat poetry

 

III. Answer the following in about 400 words each.                            (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

  1. Compare and contrast the techniques used by Sam Shepard and Edward Albee to deal with the theme of disintegration of the American family.

[OR]

Discuss the Black experiences as portrayed in the poetry of Langston Hughes and in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

  1. Write an essay on black feminism in either A Raisin In The Sun or Beloved

 

 

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Loyola College M.A. English April 2006 Teaching Of English Language And Literature Question Paper PDF Download

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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 35

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                        EL 3952 – TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

 

 

Date & Time : 18-04-2006/AFTERNOON   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

  1. Explain any TWO of the following dyads (2 x 5 = 10 marks)

 

  1. Learning and acquisition.
  2. Competence and Performance.
  3. Comprehensible Input and Comprehensible Output.

 

  1. Answer the following questions ( 200 words each)       (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

  1. What are the basic tenets of Community Language Teaching?
  2. Explain the Behaviorists approach to learning.

 

  • Answer any ONE of the following in about 500 words ( 1 x 20 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Show how rhyme an mime can be used in teaching literature.
  2. Write a note on the differences between error analysis and contrastive analysis.

 

PART – B

 

  1. Explain the following statements (50 words)               (2 x 5 = 10 marks)

 

  1. All teaching knowingly or unknowingly is based on some theory.
  2. Speech (as opposed to writing) is as primary for second language learners as it is for the first.

 

  1. Answer any TWO of the following (200 words each )  (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

  1. How is an Approach axiomatic?
  2. Elements of Humanism in Silent Way and Community Language Leaning methods.
  3. Characteristics of a good language learner.

 

  1. Answer any ONE of the following in about 500 words ( 1 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Present problems in ELT in India.
  2. Contrast the major distinctive features of Audio lingualism and the communicative approach.

 

 

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Loyola College M.A. English April 2006 Speech Event Management Fourth Semester Question Paper PDF Download

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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 60

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                               EL 4810 – SPEECH EVENT MANAGEMENT

 

 

Date & Time : 27-04-2006/9.00-11.00         Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 50 Marks

 

Please Note : This Examination is only for two hours

PART – A

 

  1. Answer Two of the following in 50 words each. (2 ´ 2 ½ = 5 Marks)
  2. Explain motivation and its role in communication.
  3. What do you mean by coping mechanism.
  4. The different types of leadership.
  5. How important group dynamics is in communication?
  6. Explain characteristics of a good group discussion.

 

  1. Answer any Two of the following in 100 words each. (2 ´ 5 = 10 Marks)
  2. Low self-esteem disturbs the process of communication. Do you agree?
  3. The process of communication and its various components.
  4. Interpersonal communication and the needed skills are necessary to succeed in an interview.
  5. Evaluate yourself as a communicator
  6. The characteristics of a good public speaker.

 

  1. Draft a good public speech on a topic that you choose with a proper format.

(200 words)

or

Draft a good group discussion on a topic of your choice (200 words)            (10 Marks)

 

PART –B

IV Write short notes on any FIVE of the following in about 50 words each

(5×1=5 marks)

  1. aesthetic function of speech act
  2.  cohesive links
  3. role relationship
  4. cotext
  5. deictic expressions
  6. implicature
  7. cooperative principles

 

V  Answer  any TWO of the following in about 200 words each.  Give your own

examples.                                                                                       (2×5=10 marks)

 

  1. Unique properties of human language
  2. Ethnography of communication
  3. Language as an interpersonal social act.
  4. Identify the discourse features in the following passage (10 marks)

 

THE PATH TO INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL: CHINA VERSUS INDIA

 

A culture of innovation is fundamental for global economic leadership. If India and China want to become technological powerhouses, then innovation incubators are essential. Incubators nurture talent among scientists and engineers and provide support during the early years of innovation when the risks of failure are the greatest. China, in this regard, has made substantial progress vis-à-vis India.

 

In 1988, the Chinese government embarked on a plan to develop and commercialise innovation in high-growth sectors, including information technology, biotechnology, new materials, medicine, and new energy sources. China now boasts of approximately 440 incubators, science and technology parks, and software parks in 53 high-technology industrial zones. Over 24,000 incipient companies have been incubated in these facilities since 1988, of which 6,900 have been spun off as commercial entities, and about 30 of these have gone public. The bulk of these companies engage in developing and commercialising proprietary industrial technologies. Most of the companies are spin-offs from universities, research institutes and state-owned enterprises.

 

The Chinese diaspora has gained special privileges to set up new high-tech businesses. China has recognised that students, scientists, and business professionals from abroad constituted a rich source of talent, ideas, and money. The special focus on the diaspora has paid off handsomely, with the establishment of over 30 overseas Chinese Scholar’s Parks. For example, the Haidian Pioneer Park in Beijing houses 140 companies set up by Chinese returning from overseas. Thus, it is evident that entrepreneurship and the culture of innovation are heavily emphasised in the national agenda and all major avenues to promote such innovation are actively pursued. The growth of incubation is not without problems – the lack of venture capital remains a limitation, and incubators are not immune to political interests.

 

The incubation concept in India is relatively new. A few institutes like the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institutes of Technology have taken the lead in setting up incubators. However, most initiatives are primarily and narrowly focussed on software or telecommunications. Much of the innovation in high-technology in India originates from a few, large companies including Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Wipro, and Infosys. With some exceptions, innovation in biopharmaceuticals is limited to developing generic drugs. Scientists and businesses from leading companies admit in our discussions that India has a long way to go towards engaging in more fundamental innovation. Several of the leaders suggested fundamental change in the education methods starting from primary education since Indian education focusses intensely on conformance to strict guidelines and rote learning.

 

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             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                               EL 1806 – SPEECH EVENT MANAGEMENT

 

 

Date & Time : 20-04-2006/AFTERNOON   Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 50 Marks

INVIGILATORS PLEASE NOTE: THE EXAMINATION IS FOR 2 HOURS ONLY

 

 

PART – A

 

  1. Answer Two of the following in 50 words each. (2 x 2 ½ = 5 Marks)

 

  1. Explain the characteristics of personality?
  2. What do you mean by self-actualization?
  3. Differentiate between attitude and value?
  4. Explain the various components of communication
  5. Explain the social and cultural context of the language users.

 

  1. Answer any Two of the following in 100 words each. (2 x 5 = 10 Marks)

 

  1. Explain the importance of self-esteem in communication
  2. The different kinds of communication.
  3. Interpersonal communication can be cultivated. Explain
  4. Evaluate yourself as a communicator
  5. The pitfalls of a public speaker.

 

10 Marks

  1. Draft a good public speech on a topic that you choose with a proper format

(200 words)

or

Draft a good group discussion on a topic of your choice (200 words)

 

PART –B

IV Write short notes on any FIVE of the following in about 50 words each

(5×1=5 marks)

  1. cohesion
  2. deictic expressions
  3. discreteness
  4. anaphora
  5. dialect
  6. Ageist language
  7. pidgins

V  Answer  any TWO of the following in about 200 words each.  Give your own

examples.                                                                                       (2×5=10 marks)

8.Discuss any three discourse features

  1. Interactional function of speech act
  2. Language and culture

 

 

  1. Identify the discourse features in the following passage(10 marks)

 

India as a knowledge economy

 

THE value of IT depends greatly on the existing level of economic development. IT can make existing assets and processes more effective and efficient, but cannot compensate for the lack of a basic infrastructure. What is appropriate for a developed economy is not necessarily appropriate for India, where basic elements of infrastructure including quality education, healthcare, electricity and drinking water remain in short supply.

 

The impact of IT is best understood when the differences between industrial and knowledge-intensive ventures are recognised. Industrial growth derives from investments in large-scale infrastructure (such as railways, roadways, power grids and dams). Such infrastructure supports the growth of physical-asset intensive industries (such as the steel and transportation industries) that create and move physical entities (such as goods, water and people). These ventures employ numerous workers with limited education and skills, and can uplift large sections of society.

 

In contrast, ventures in the knowledge economy usually involve the production of knowledge-intensive goods (like software), and the large-scale capture, movement and utilisation of information using sophisticated network infrastructure (such as computers, cable, fibre and routers). Beyond the physical labour required for initial construction, building and maintaining such infrastructure requires specialised knowledge.

 

Despite the hype of the “new economy”, the fact is that economic development is cumulative. The industrial economy made agriculture more productive. The productivity of agricultural labour skyrocketed with the use of industrial and biological innovations including tractors, irrigation systems, fertilizers, pesticides and genetically engineered seeds. Historically, industrial innovation in developed economies has created great wealth and improved living standards across societal divides. This progress has set them up in an ideal position to create and exploit knowledge as they transform into knowledge-based economies. Crucially, the greatest source of productivity and growth attributed to the knowledge economy derives not from the knowledge economy itself, but from its effects on the industrial economy. For example, IT can enable supply chains and factories to work more efficiently.

 

The “leapfrogging” argument, whereby India skips heavy infrastructure building and transforms directly into a knowledge economy, is therefore suspect. Proponents of leapfrogging describe how isolated villages without conventional telephones have directly adopted cellular phones. The example provides excellent symbolism. However, the underlying principle is not scalable to the level of the national economy where many complex sub-systems work together. Consider the transportation sub-system. The laws of physics do not allow IT to substitute the physical movement of goods by a “virtual” movement. A lightning-fast information network will not in itself help achieve faster and cheaper transport. Better roadways and railways will.

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                EL 2803 – POETRY FROM 1900 (BRITISH AND AMERICAN)

 

 

Date & Time : 19-04-2006/FORENOON     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A

 

  1. Interpret the following lines in about 50 – 75 words each : [10 x 2 = 20 marks]

 

  1. The poet of death and lilacs

Loafs by the footpath.

  1. So step into the corridor and start,

Directed by the compass of my heart.

  1. And I thought of the albatross,

And I wished he would come back, my snake.

  1. The morning beckon

With water praying and call of seagull and rook.

  1. And suddenly shuffled all the languages,

Changed the tongues of men.

  1. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born ?

  1. He is all pine and I am apple-orchard.
  2. I am the enemy you killed, my friend.
  3. Their Time is almost Death.
  4. How can I live among this gentle

Obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weap ?

 

PART B

  1. Write paragraph answers to any FIVE of the following in about 150 – 200 words each:

[5 x 8 = 40 marks]

  1. Explain the many meanings associated with the terms, ‘birth’ and ‘death,’ in Eliot’s ‘The Journey of the Magi’:
  2. How are Time and Love at cross – purposes in Auden’s poem ?
  3. Show how the analogy of the tower of Babel fits the discourse on Sandburg’s power of the people?
  4. Dylan Thomas blends actuality with memory. Describe the mingling forces.
  5. How does Nature serve as a background to Robert Frost’s philosophy in ‘After Apple Picking’ ?
  6. Critically evaluate Owen’s ideas on war in his ‘Strange Meeting’.
  7. Show how C.Day Lewis signals the entrance of a new team in ‘You that love England’.
  8. Comment on Roethke’s ideas on eternity and time as seen from his poem, ‘I Knew

a  Woman’.

PART- C

  • Answer any FOUR of the following in about 250 – 30 words each :

[4 x 10  = 40 marks]

  1. Attempt a study of Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath’s poetry from the point of view of the poet’s self, the inner most recesses of the soul and frustrations of the psyche.
  2. Trace Carl Sandburg’s commemoration of the power of ‘the people’.
  3. Describe the swing of the poet’s conscience from instinct to education in regard to his having to do with the snake.
  4. How does Eliot portray the Twentieth Century in The Waste Land ?
  5. Does the Twentieth Century poetry approve of warfare ? Give your answer with suitable examples and quotes.
  6. Enumerate the themes and concerns of the Twentieth Century poetry with enough illustrations.

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                              EL 3953 – PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE

 

 

Date & Time : 18-04-2006/AFTERNOON   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – I

Answer the following in 50 words each:                                     (5 ´ 3 = 15 marks)

PART – A

  1. How does Freud view the concept of ‘id’?
  2. Explain Existential freedom as seen by Sartre.
  3. Explain the concept of fearfulness that haunts man according to Kierkegaard.

PART – B

  1. Explain briefly Marx’s theory of Alienation.
  2. Write briefly on ‘Struggle for existence’.

 

SECTION – II

PART – A

Answer any TWO of the following in 150 words each:      (2 x 10 =  20 marks)

  1. Write on Fatalism and Pessimism of Jean Paul Sartre.
  2. Explain the various phases of life presented by Kierkegaard.
  3. What is Freud’s contribution in the understanding of man?

PART – B

Answer any TWO of the following in 150 words each:            (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

  1. Write a short note on Darwinism.
  2. Discuss the Marxian philosophy of class struggle.
  3. Write briefly on Kant’s Transcendental Esthetic.

SECTION – III

PART – A

Answer any ONE of the following in 250 words:                                    (15 marks)

  1. Bring out the features of Existentialism in Waiting for Godot.
  2. Write an essay on ‘Freud and Hamlet’.

PART – B

Answer any ONE of the following in 250 words:                                    (15 marks)

  1. Interpret Silas Marner in the light of Marxian Philosophy.
  2. Critically analyse how wordsworth’s The Tintern Abbey mirrors idealism.

 

SECTION IV

Answer the following in 250 words.                                                         (15 marks)

  1. Justify the study of philosophy and Literature with literary examples.

 

 

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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?
  1. “ The great eagle lifts its wings from the dream

And the shells of childhood are scattered”.

  • Consider the figures of speech in these lines.
  1. “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.
    1. “This means that I am greater than

The fox of the undergrowth”

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

  1. “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 )
  1. Bring out the rich oral tradition of the Igbo society as expressed in Things Fall Apart .
  2. How do the poems from Africa play on the human emotions? Explain with special reference to the poems prescribed for your study.
  3. Discuss the themes and concerns in the study of West Indian Literature.

 

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

  1. Analyse the two plays of Soyinka prescribed for your study with special reference to their themes, diction, milieu and techniques.
  2. 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.

 

  1. “Under the central dome of winter and night

A wild swan spreads his fantastic wing.”

Comment on the symbolism in these lines.

 

  1. ” Where second-hand Europeans pullulate…”

Why does the poet speak in such a harsh manner?

 

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

Is this line simple or profound in your view?

 

  1. “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)

 

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

 

  1. Discuss ” Loneliness” as an existential poem.

 

  1. 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?

 

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

 

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LO 29

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                           EL 2805 – LITERARY THEORY

 

 

Date & Time : 24-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

  1. Write short notes on FIVE of the following Key Terms/Concepts choosing not less than two from each section: (5×8=40 marks)

 

Section – 1

 

  1. Defamiliarization in Art
  2. Paradox in Poetry
  3. Writing is without Origin
  4. The Metaphysics of Presence

 

Section – 2

 

  1. A day-dream or fantasy representing a wish-fulfillment.
  2. Reader-Oriented criticism.
  3. Different Types of Readers
  4. Tragic and Comic visions in Frye.

 

PART – B

 

  1. Answer the following questions in about 300 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

  1. a) Structuralism opens the study of Literature to new light according to

Genette.  Substantiate this argument with a detailed examination of the

essay “ Structuralism and Literary Criticism”.

 

(Or)

 

  1. b) Discuss the merits and demerits of New Histroricist Literary Criticism.

 

  1. a) Compare and contrast New Criticism and Myth criticism.

 

(Or)

 

  1. b) Wolfgang Iser’s essay :  The Reading process analyses the various types

of readers and the reading process – Discuss.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

PART – C

 

  • Attempt a practical criticism of the following poem employing the critical theories and tools at your disposal: (20 marks)

 

To a Visitor to Singapore

 

You come to my country loaded with your Riches

We offer you a convenient stop

Allow you to tempt us, lure our pretty girls

Corrupt our innocence

Because we need your money to survive.

 

Back home you describe our clean and efficient city

But our politics you despise

Say our way of life is stifling, oppressive

Yet again and again you return

Thriving on our survival’s need

 

I often wonder what comfort you derive

From this amazing compromise.

 

Kirpal Singh

 

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LO 38

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                         EL 4808 – LITERARY CRITICISM

 

 

Date & Time : 22-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

  1. Write short notes on FIVE of the following Key Terms/Concepts choosing not less than two from each section: (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

SECTION – 1

  1. The merits of Classicism
  2. Eliot’s Impersonal Theory of Art
  3. Paradox as a critical tool
  4. Types of Realism according to Raymond Williams

SECTION – 2

  1. Expressive Theories
  2. People’s fantasies and the play of children.
  3. The Quest-myth in Literature
  4. ‘Objectivity’ in Fiction.

 

PART – B

  1. Answer the following questions in about 300 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 marks)
  2. a) Structuralism and Literary Criticism according to Barthes.

(Or)

  1. b) The Poststructuralist Critique of Structuralism.
  2. a) Compare and contrast New Criticism and Myth criticism.

(Or)

  1. b) How far do you agree that absolute ‘objectivity’ is possible in
    Poetry/Fiction?

PART – C

  • Attempt a practical criticism of the following poem employing the critical theories and tools at your disposal. (20 marks)

 

CHANGE

My world has changed,

Keeps changing,

Where is that temple

I went to with my granny?

Where is the school

Where I broke records?

Time, you’ve undone me

You came so fast

I could not believe

My experience was so short-lived.

– Kirpal Singh

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 21

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                EL 1803 – INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH – 2OTH CENTURY

 

 

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

 

 

PART A

  1. Answer the following in 50 words each: ( 10 x 3 = 30 marks )
  2. i damn all hyphenated minds

prejudiced offerings of unenlightened souls

  • Identify the reason for the speakers irritation.
  1. Parting with his poison-flash

of diabolic tail in the dark room-

he risked the rain again.

  • Who is referred to here? Who was his victim?
  1. Her father was renowned advocate

In Bulsar or Surat,

I am not remembering now which place.

  • How does the poet satirize Indianism here?
  1. The Hindu philosophy of religion starts from and returns to an experimental basis.
    • Justify the importance of this statement.
  2. You look right at the sky.

Clear through the bullet holes

She has for her eyes.

  • Whose identity is established here?
  1. For your sakes shall the tree be ever dear!
    • Identify the persons and the tree.
  2. and was brought back in plane

and train and military truck

and before the telegrams reached

  • What is the incident referred to here?
  1. But someone told me

he got two lines

in an inside column

of a Madras newspaper

  • Bring out the sarcasm in the lines.
  1. … Bards of power

Had sung their claims

  • What is the reference to?
  1. A fighting South – East Asia
    • Why does he call it fighting?

 

PART B

  1. Answer any EIGHT of the following in 150 words each: (8 x 5 = 40 marks)
  1. Comment on the style of Upamanyu Chatterjee.
  2. Justify the title ‘So Many Hungers’.
  3. Consider the rich oral heritage of India as seen in Kanthapura.
  4. Write a critique on ‘Good bye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S.’
  5. Critically evaluate Sharat Chandra’s ideas on Indian democracy.
  6. What are A. K. Ramanujan’s observations on the Hindu joint family system?
  7. Show how Toru Dutt is similar to the British Romantic poets.
  8. Describe some of Dom Morae’s early experiences and escapades.
  9. Raju plays many roles in ‘The Guide’. Enumerate them.
  10. Show how Kushwant Singh sketches his characters with a sure and steady hand, in ‘Trauin to Pakistan’.

PART C

III. Answer any TWO of the following in 400 words each:        ( 2 x 15 = 30 marks )

  1. How does Radhakrishnan showcase Hinduism in ‘The Hindu View of Life’?
  2. a) Discuss the symbolism in Mukta Dhara.

OR

  1. b) Bring out the salient features of Indian Poetry in English with suitable examples.
  2. How did India attain freedom as well as forge a new image of herself, accoring to Sri Aurobindo?
  3. Trace the growth and evolution of Indian Writing in English

OR

Portray Tughlaq as a strange mixture of vision and eccentricity.

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 20

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                             EL 1801 – INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

 

Date & Time : 27-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

 

  1. Answer the following in about 50 words each with interpretations of the given lines (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

  1. After twenty hours

It lost its sting

  1. The summer begins to pall
  2. O Master of the birds, grant sanctuary and shelter

Also to a homing bird that bars a broken wing.

  1. I am my father now
  2. Nothing stays out, daughters

Get married to short lived idots

  1. The world! The people around us! What you call society
  2. I am talking of a culture which is divorced from its educational institutions.
  3. “There is not trouble when the mind is converted and the thing is permanent”.
  4. Mine is no ordinary appetite.
  5. All talk of national integration has so far proved to be an exercise in futility.

 

 

  1. Answer FIVE of the following in about 150 words each (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Give a list of the observations that Ramanujan makes about the traditional home.
  2. What universal truth does the Pardha Naslin discover almost suddenly?
  3. According to Parthasarathy what would good poetry consist of? What are his suggestions?
  4. Mention Kamala Das ‘views on what she calls a ‘male-dominated society’.
  5. How wholesome is characterization in ’Evam Indrajit?
  6. Discuss the subjects of pathos and alienation ‘untouchable’.
  7. Explain the place for symbolism in Sakharam, the Binder.
  8. How common are Buddhism and Communism according to Ambedkar?

 

 

 

 

 

  • Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words

(1 x 20 = 20 marks)

  1. Bring out the most important features that you find in Sarojini Naidu’s Poetry.
  2. What is the message conveyed in the novel ‘The untouchable’?

 

  1. Attempt any ONE of the following in about 400 words ( 1 x 20 = 20 marks)
  2. How relevant is Karnad’s ‘Tughlaq’ to out modern times?
  3. Estimate R.K. Narayan’s contributions to literature. Give examples.
  4. Comment on the women characters in ‘A Handful of Rice’.
  5. How does Toru Dutt blend the personal, the romantic and the sentimental aspects in Ger poetry?
  6. Show how vividly the novelist brings out the trauma of partition in ‘Train to Pakistan’.
  7. Bring out the features of Indian writing in English advancing examples from the prescribed texts.

 

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 23

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                           EL 1805 – FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

(Also equivalent to EL 1951)

 

 

Date & Time : 28-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M.   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in about 200-300 words each    (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Distinguish ‘feminist linguistic fantasy’ and ‘masculinist linguistic fantasy’.
  2. Discuss the efforts of some of the women writers towards ‘female linguistic empowerment’.
  3. What aspects of women’s strength does the poem Five Poems for Grandmothers celebrate?
  4. What, according to McClung, is the connection between women and war?
  5. What is the real cause of Jessie’s death?
  6. Comment on Michele Wallace’s arguments on the need for a black perspective in the feminist movement.
  7. Discuss the fall out of the woman’s desire for personal affirmation in “Man, Feminine Gender (I anthropos)”
  8. Do you think the feminine mystique could be an alternative to the thinking woman? Elaborate with reference to “Snapshots of Daughters”.

 

SECTION – B

 

Answer the following in about 400-500 words each                        (3 x 20 = 60 marks)

 

  1. Do you think computers and cyber technology can further the feminist cause? How is exploitation of women still possible on the Net?

 

  1. Examine aspects of horror in “Harvest”.

(Or)

Elaborate on masculine knowledge and feminine perception in “To the

Lighthouse”.

 

  1. Do you agree with Germaine Greer’s contention that “there have always been good women writers, in every area and every era, and that they always disappear”? Justify your answer with textual evidences.

(Or)

How does Giovanni in her poem Ego Tripping rewrite women’s contribution to

world history? Discuss.

 

 

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LO 28

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                   EL 2804 – EUROPEAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

 

 

Date & Time : 21-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

  1. Answer any 5 not omitting any section                            ( 8 ´ 5 = 40 )

Section A

Explain the following quotations in detail with reference to the context.

  1. Trust not the horse,

You people of Teucria’s land. Whatever it is,

I fear Dannans, even when bearers of gift.

  1.   To the land of the West shalt thou come,

Where the Lydian Tiber

Flows gently by ploughlands rich for the

Men who hane tilled them

There happiness waits thee, a kingdom, a

Princess for bride.

  1. We  Kyclopes

Care not a whistle

For your thundering Leus

Or all the gods in bliss;

  1. Out of the cave

The mammoth Polyphemos

Roared  in answer:

Section B

  1. Consider ‘ Nausea’ as a philosophical novel.
  2. Antigone is both Creon’s victim as well as his nemesis-Do you agree?
  3. Aristotle’s Poetics laid the foundation for the systematic study of aesthetics. Discuss.
  4. Franz Kafka is a universal spokesman for frightened and perplexed twentieth century man. Comment.
  1. Answer any 4 not omitting any section ( 4 ´ 15 =60 )

Section A

  1. ‘Don Quixote is mad when possessed by his idée fixe’ of knight

errantry; but sane and kind and moderate when not’ – prove.

  1. Comment on the protest element in miserables advocating structural

reforms.

  1.  Do you feel that Oedipus is a puppet of fate and cannot affect the

future that the oracle has predicted for him or is it that his ‘flow ‘sets

these events into action?

Section B

  1. Discuss existential philosophy exemplified by Kafka in his

‘Metamorphosis’

  1. Comment on Brechit’s formula of dramatic theatre and epic form.
  2. Discuss Gorky’s ‘Mother’as the first novel in Russian literature to depict the travails of the working class.

 

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LO 61

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                                       EL 4954 – ESSAY

 

 

Date & Time : 29-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Write an essay in about 5000 words on any ONE of the following topics.

 

 

  1. Twentieth century Fiction.

 

  1. The relationship between Philosophy and Literature.

 

  1. Indian Writing in English

 

  1. Elizabethan Literature

 

  1. Eighteenth Century as ‘age of Prose and Reason’.

 

  1. Any Five critical Approaches of the Twentieth Century.

 

  1. Shakespearean Tragedy

 

  1. English Language Teaching in India.

 

 

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LO 30

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                            EL 2900 – CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATIVE CONCERNS – I

 

 

Date & Time : 28-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – I

 

BASIC ECONOMICS

TOTAL = 25 MARKS

PART – A

Answer THREE questions                                                                (3 X 5 = 15 marks)

 

  1. Explain the concept of globalization.
  2. Describe diagrammatically the law of demand.
  3. What is inflation? Explain its types.
  4. Define demand & supply. What are the exceptions to the law of demand.

 

PART – B

 

Answer any ONE questions                                                             (1 x 10 = 10 marks)

 

  1. Bring out India’s role as a major Economic Power in South Asia.
  2. Has the benefits of liberalization & globalization reached the poor.

 

SECTION – II

 

BEHAVIOUR PHYCHOLOGY

TOTAL = 25 MARKS

 

Answer ALL questions.  Each question carries 5 marks                    (5 x 5 = 25 marks)

 

  1. Why should students of literature gain an understanding of Behaviour Psychology?
  2. ‘Adolescence is a sensitive and crucial period in a person’s life’ – Give 5 points to justify this.
  3. Briefly explain how environmental factors can influence the personality of individuals.
  4. Bring out five major differences between Psychoses and Neuroses.
  5. List any five major psychosocial problems faced during old age.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION – III

 

INIDAN CONSTITUION

TOTAL = 25 MARKS

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in 200 words each                    ( 5 x 5 = 25 marks)

 

  1. Preamble of the Constitution.
  2. Concept of ‘Secularism’ in the Constitution.
  3. Office of Profit
  4. Freedom of Religion and Conscience
  5. Kuldip Nayyar’s case in the Supreme Court
  6. Issues in Union-State Relations
  7. Freedom of Press and Reasonable Restrictions
  8. Free Primary Compulsory Education – 86th amendment to the Constitution.

 

SECTION IV

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS

TOTAL = 25 MARKS

 

Answer any FIVE of the following in 200 words each                     (5 x 5 = 25 marks)

 

  1. Civilian Nuclear Deal between US and India.
  2. Statehood for Palestine
  3. Major Conventions of Human Rights
  4. Employment guarantee and information Acts
  5. OBC reservations in IIM and IIT.
  6. International Criminal Court.
  7. Restructuring of UN
  8. Human Development Indicators.

 

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