LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
LO 64
EL 4812 - NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES FROM 1900
Date & Time: 18/04/2007 / 9:00 - 12:00 Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION A
Answer any five of the following in about 200 words each (5x8= 40 Marks)
1. What impact does Pemberton’s suicide have on Scobie’s mind?
2. Critically analyse Demon Lover as an exploration of a fevered consciousness.
3. Comment on the character of Elliot Templeton.
4. Examine Animal Farm as a political allegory.
5. Elaborate on the conflict between Gabriel and his son Roy.
6. Atticus is a man who wants to look at things from others’ point of view. Discuss.
7. Consider Caddy as a mother figure in The Sound and the Fury.
8. Estimate Ms Eckhart as a music teacher in June Recital.
SECTION B
Answer the following in about 400 words each (3x20=60 marks)
9. Consider The Razor’s Edge as a critique of the follies and foibles of the leisured class.
Or
Write an essay on the theme of despair in The Heart of the Matter
10. The theme of The Sound and the Fury is the act and the apprehension of the act, between the
event and the interpretation. Substantiate.
Or
How does Harper Lee explore the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in To Kill a
Mockingbird.?
11. Write an essay on the symbolism in The Lord of the Flies.
Or
The Old Man and the Sea is the exposition of basic human qualities of compassion, courage and
endurance. Comment.