LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION –ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
LO 69
EL 5400 - GENDER STUDIES
Date & Time: 03/05/2007 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION A
I. Answer any two of the following in about 150 to 200 words each
(2x10=20 marks)
a. How does Eve view life after her expulsion from Eden?
b. In what ways does the poet Mary Gilmore depict a troubled female heritage
in the poem “Eve Song.”
c. Yearning for love she begs for it at stranger’s doorsteps. Explain Kamala Das’s
predicament in the poem “My Grandmother’s House.”
SECTION B
II. Explain any five of the following with reference to the context. (5X4=20 MARKS)
a. “The house withdrew into silence/snakes moved/ among books I was too
young to read”
b. “I span and Eve span/ a thread to bind the heart of man.”
c. “But it’s useless to make / such a suggestion to Adam./ He has turned
himself into God,/ Who is faultless, and doesn’t exist.”
d. “For a birthday present when he was three/ I gave my son hannibal an
elephant/ he gave me rome for mother’s day.”
e. “Where Adam went I was fairly content to go.”
f. “He said he was strong. He had no strength.”
III.
SECTION C
Answer the following in about 300 to 400 words each (4x15=60 marks)
a. Discuss the liberalist’s contribution to the feminist cause.
b. What is post feminism? Identify some of the challenges facing women
today.
c. Write an essay on violence against women in some popular television
serials.
d. What is the role of mothering according to the radical feminist? Do you
think it has any relevance in today’s world?
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