LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER – NOV 2006
AP 15
EL 5500 - WORLD CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION
(Also equivalent to ENG 505)
Date & Time : 25-10-2006/9.00-12.00
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Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer ANY FIVE of the following in about 75 words each: (5x2=10marks)
Point out any two benefits of beginning the play in media res.
Define Catharsis.
Differentiate between ‘Peripetia’ and ‘Anagnorisis’.
What is the basic difference between primitive tragedy and Old tragedy?
What is the relation between tragoidia and tragedy?
Explain any two functions served by a chorus in Greek Tragedy.
What is meant by unity of action in a dramatic plot?
Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 200 words each: (2x10 =20marks)
Briefly discuss the temperamental disparity between Levin and Anna.
Comment on the affinities between Thiruvalluar’s views on the ‘Art of
Persuasion’ and the norms of classical rhetoric.
To what extent does the character of Prometheus fit into the Aristotelian
equation of a ‘tragic hero’?
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Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 350 words:
(1x 20=20marks)
Analyse Anna Karenina from a Marxist perspective.
Discuss the three features that inform the Greek mind in relation to Prometheus
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PART – B
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Answer ANY FIVE of the following in about 75 words each: (5x2=10marks)
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Why did Hector rebuke Alexandrus in Book III of The Iliad?
“… Let him who shall die, die, and let the
others fight no more. …” What is the context of the above quote in The Iliad?
What was the response of the Trojan elders including Priam when they saw
Helen at the Scaean Gate?
How did Anna encourage Dido’s love for Aeneas in Book IV of The Aeneid?
“Go now, my son, call the Zephyrs and glide on thy wings
To the Trojan leader, who now in Tyrian Carthage
Dallies, not heeding the city that fate has assigned him;”
Clarify the context of the above quote.
What are St Augustine’s views on Virgil’s Aeneid in The Confessions, Book I?
How did St Augustine respond to his schooling as a child in Book I of The
Confessions?
Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 200 words each: (2x10=20 marks)
Assess Helen’s perspective on the events in Book III of The Iliad.
Discuss the literary and cultural merits of Tagore’s Gitanjali.
Examine the idea of ‘a man of complete virtue’ in the Analects of Confucius.
VI. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 350 words: (1 x 20 = 20 marks)
1. Analyse critically the character of Aeneas in Book IV of The Aeneid.
2. Comment on St Augustine’s views on literature and literacy in Book I of The
Confessions.
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