LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
LO 07
EL 4500 - NEW LITERATURE
(Also equivalent to ENG503)
Date & Time : 25-04-2006/9.00-12.00
Dept. No.
I. Answer the following in not more than 50 words each:
Max. : 100 Marks
(10x2=20 marks)
1.
"The blue cranes were my dearest friends."
Do these sentiments expressed make any sense?
2.
"Leaning together, down those gulfs they stare."
Highlight the significance in this description.
3.
"You burly, burly. You're just silly to me."
Is there any reason for the poet's harshness?
4.
"Where are the braves,...?
Comment on the tone of the speaker.
5.
"A bitter King in anger to be gone."
Explain this line in the context of the whole poem.
6.
Who is the first White poet of Canada?
7.
What are the strands of influences in Lawson’s writing?
8.
How does a “little piece of land” in “The Drover’s wife” embody a prison in
itself.
9.
Comment on the recurring theme of alienation in Australian writing.
10. How are women an easy prey in times of strife as depicted in “The Chosen
Vessel”?
II. Answer any Five questions out of the following in about 150 words each: (5x8=40 marks)
11. Attempt a character sketch of the unnamed narrator in the novel "Surfacing".
12. What aspects of Nature are revealed in Campbell's "Winter Lakes?"
13. Comment on the historical background of the poem "First Neighbours" by
P.K.Page.
14. Critically examine "The Quality of Sprawl" as a hilarious commentary on the
national character of Australia.
15. What are the thematic concerns dealt in “The Union Buries its Dead”?
16. Discuss “The Words She Types” as a commentary on the writing process.
17. Explain the handling of the death-wish paranoia in the essay by Thomas
Pyncheon.
18. Discuss the various misinterpretations of the relations between God, Man, and
Nature.
III.
Answer any Two of the following questions in not more than 300 words each:
(2x20=40marks)
19 a) Highlight the major thematic concerns in Canadian or Australian Literature in
the light of the texts read by you.
Or
b) Critically analyze "Tirra Lirra by the River" from one of these perspectives:
1. Postmodern fiction
2. Existential novel
3. Psychological/Psychoanalytical fiction
20. a) Discuss “The Chosen Vessel” as a religious Paradox.
Or
b) Comment on the travails of in the Australian Outback as depicted in “The
Drover’s Wife”.
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