LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034 M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION - ENGLISH LITERATURE FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012 EL 4815 / 4956 - ESSAY Date : 23-04-2012 Time : 1:00 - 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks Write an essay on any ONE of the following in about 1000 words: 1. Religion and Literature 2. Victorian women novelists 3. The Philosophy of Existentialism and Absurd Drama 4. Diasporic Indian writers 5. American Romanticism 6. American life as reflected in 20th century American Drama 7. Language of Discourse Analysis 8. Elizabethan Drama 9. Romantic Movement 10. Major literary critical theories. ********* (100 marks)