LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
LO 44
EL 2804 - EUROPEAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
Date & Time: 19/04/2007 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
I. Explain any FIVE with reference to the context:
1. The immutable unwritten laws of Heaven.
They were not born today nor yesterday;
Max. : 100 Marks
5 x 3 = 15
2. By the law of conscience I was led
To honor thee, dear brother, and was judged
By Creon guilty of a heinous crime
3. Fair queen, oppose not what the gods command
Forc’d by my fate, I leave your happy land.”
4. But he seemed rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude
5. Now kyklops, wheezing, fumbled to wrench away
The great door stone and squatted in the breach
6. So we moved out,
Sad in the vast offing,
Having our precious lives,
But not our friends
II. Answer any FIVE in about 150 words.
7. What dramatic purpose does the character of Ismene serve?
5 x 5 = 25
8. Based on your reading of Don Quixote reconstruct the ceremony surrounding the
knighting.
9. Comment on the episode where Valjean repays the Bishop of Digne’s hospitality by
stealing his silverware.
10. Analyse the depiction of Dido’s passion for Aeneas.
11. What according to Aristotle is the essence of a tragedy?
12. How is Gregor Samsa estranged from conforming to human standards?
13. Comment on the figures of speech used by Homer in Odyssey Book. IX.
14. What is the main theme of the Book of Job?
III. Attempt an essay of about 250 words on any THREE of the following.
3 x 20 = 60
15. Is Creon a tragic figure who deserves the readers’ sympathy or one who gets just
what he deserves?
16. Is there more to Don Quixote than being just a typical Renaissance satire of the absurd
chivalric traditions of the Middle Ages?
17. Do you agree with Hugo that many of the problems facing society are created by the very
laws and traditions of that society?
18. How does Kafka’s Metamorphosis explore the futility and complexity of human
existence?
19. Critically analyze the Book of Job as an exquisite dramatic poem.
20. How does Sartre depict the superfluity of the world in his ‘Nausea’?
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