LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH
FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008
EL 1053 - LITERARY APPRECIATION
Date : 05-11-08
Time : 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
XA 02
Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION – A
Answer any SIX of the following in about 250 words each
(6x10=60 marks)
1. Show how The Solitary Reaper and London Snow bring out a sense of harmony
between humans and Nature.
2. What cultural perceptions about marriage and wifehood does the writer attack in Why
I Want a Wife?
3. We saw a long strand of iron gray hair… Comment on the techniques the writer uses
to keep up the suspense in the story of Miss Emily.
4. Do you agree that Khushwant Singh keeps details to the minimum but brings out a
picture of a woman larger than life?
5. Highlight aspects of autumnal music. What do they signify?
6. Differentiate between ideologies and lies.
7. Show how the imagery in the poem In My Name effectively brings out the double
suffering of the speaker.
8. Show how sports encourage the speaker’s academic and aesthetic sensibilities.
SECTION – B
Answer any TWO of the following in about 400 words each
(2x20=40 marks)
9. Recast the loneliness and little pleasures of the Muthassi’s life from the point of view of the
son-in –law.
10. Attempt a humourous poem/anecdote on any experience in your college campus.
11. Construct an imaginary conversation between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack
Obama on racial discrimination.
12. Do you agree that equal rights for women also imply increased responsibility? What is the
role of men in ensuring a gender equal world?
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