LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
LO 20
EL 1801 - INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Date & Time : 27-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M. Dept. No.
I.
Max. : 100 Marks
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
2. The summer begins to pall
3. O Master of the birds, grant sanctuary and shelter
Also to a homing bird that bars a broken wing.
4. I am my father now
5. Nothing stays out, daughters
Get married to short lived idots
6. The world! The people around us! What you call society
7. I am talking of a culture which is divorced from its educational
institutions.
8. “There is not trouble when the mind is converted and the thing is
permanent”.
9. Mine is no ordinary appetite.
10. All talk of national integration has so far proved to be an exercise in
futility.
II.
Answer FIVE of the following in about 150 words each
(5 x 8 = 40 marks)
11. Give a list of the observations that Ramanujan makes about the traditional
home.
12. What universal truth does the Pardha Naslin discover almost suddenly?
13. According to Parthasarathy what would good poetry consist of? What are
his suggestions?
14. Mention Kamala Das ‘views on what she calls a ‘male-dominated society’.
15. How wholesome is characterization in ’Evam Indrajit?
16. Discuss the subjects of pathos and alienation ‘untouchable’.
17. Explain the place for symbolism in Sakharam, the Binder.
18. How common are Buddhism and Communism according to Ambedkar?
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III.
Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words
(1 x 20 = 20 marks)
19. Bring out the most important features that you find in Sarojini Naidu’s
Poetry.
20. What is the message conveyed in the novel ‘The untouchable’?
IV.
Attempt any ONE of the following in about 400 words ( 1 x 20 = 20 marks)
21. How relevant is Karnad’s ‘Tughlaq’ to out modern times?
22. Estimate R.K. Narayan’s contributions to literature. Give examples.
23. Comment on the women characters in ‘A Handful of Rice’.
24. How does Toru Dutt blend the personal, the romantic and the sentimental
aspects in Ger poetry?
25. Show how vividly the novelist brings out the trauma of partition in ‘Train
to Pakistan’.
26. Bring out the features of Indian writing in English advancing examples
from the prescribed texts.
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