LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
LO 08
EL 1500 - INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Date & Time: 24/04/2007 / 1:00 - 4:00 Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
I Answer the following in about 50 words each:
10 x 2 = 20
1. I’ll chase away all thoughts of food. For next ten days I shall eradicate all thoughts of tounge and
stomach from my mind.
What is the cause for taking this resolution?
2. Marriage? For Appa? Someone else in Amma’s place? He felt something breaking him and
tears spilled from his eyes.
Comment on Tyagu’s reaction to this marriage?
3. Because there is the reflection of the Divine in Man, the individual becomes
sacred.
Throw light on the given lines.
4. Worship and kindness do not always go together.
Why does the writer feel so?
5. Velan, it’s raining in the hills. I can feel it coming up under my feet, up my leges.
What information does the speaker want to give?
6. “… he’s only interested in playing chess
with the shadows of the dead”
Explain the metaphor in the given line.
7. “Our deeds were neither great nor rare
Home is where we have to gather grace”
Comment on the attitude of the speaker.
8. “…pick an armful of
Darkness to bring it here to lie
Behind my bedroom door like a brooding
Dog…”
Describe the comparison in the given line.
9. “And he left us
a changed mother
and more than
one annual ritual”
Identify the tone of the speaker.
10. “If that’s how you felt about me, I must congratulate you for hiding
it so well all these years”
Discuss the conflict in the given lines.
II Answer any five of the following in about 150 words each. Choosing not more than
three from either part.
5 x 8 = 40
PART – A
11. Give a brief account of Raju as a model prisoner.
12. Describe Jewarhalal Nehru’s experience with animals in prison.
13. Write briefly on the circumstance which led Tyagu to his first taste of alcohol.
14. How does Dr. Radhakrishnan substantiate the view ‘The eternal is in one’s self’
PART – B
15. Imagery and symbolism in Sarojini Naidu’s poetry.
16. Use of language in Nissim Ezekiel’s poetry.
17 The confessional mode in Kamala Das’ poetry.
18. The theme of disillusionment and disappointment in Mahesh Dattani’s play.
III Answer the following in about 300 words:
2 x 20 = 40
19. Critically analyse how Raju grows in stature as Swamiji in the eyes of velan and the
villagers.
(or)
Discuss A House for Mr. Biswas as a novel describing the protagonist’s painful quest
for identity.
20. Discuss themes and techniques in the poetry of Nissim Ezekiel and A. K Ramanujan.
OR
Identify elements of irony and satire in Karnad’s play ‘Tughlaq’.
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