LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
I SEMESTER – NOV. 2004
EL 1801 – INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Date
: 27.10.04
Duration : 9 – 12 noon
Max : 100 marks
Hours : 3 hrs
I. Answer the following in about 50 words each with interpretations of the given lines.
(10 x 2 = 20 marks)
01. An unexpected November
shut the door in my face:
02. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call
Him not by any name, he is every man
03. Things come in every day
to lose themselves among other things
lost long ago among
other things lost long ago
04. O Master of the Birds, grant sanctuary and shelter
Also to a homing bird that bears a broken wing
05. The old man from the East murmurs to himself: “I have seen!”
06. Mine is no ordinary appetite.
07. A link based on a need. The need ended. the link snapped.
08. If I hadn’t tasted the fruit of knowledge
I could have gone on living in this paradise
of your blessed society of rules. Now I can
only batter my head against the wall.
09. Communists get quick results because when you
adopt the means of annihilating men, they do
not remain to oppose you.
10. All talk of national integration has so far proved to be an exercise in futility
II. Answer five of the following in about 150-200 words each:
(5 x 8 = 40 marks)
11. Narrate the peculiar experiences that Kamala Das encountered in those early formative
years of her life
12. How does Sarojini Naidu view the evanescence of youth and beauty in ‘The Purdah
Nashin’
13. What is the grouse that Parthasarathy has against his fellow poets?
14. Identify the major conflict found in the poem ‘The Night of the Scorpion’.
15. Symbolism in Sakharam, the Binder
16. Evan Indrajit is the best example of experimental theatre
17. Mulk Raj Anand speaks through Bakha, the chief character of The Untoucheable:
III. Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words:
(1 x 20 = 20 marks)
18. Illustrate how Parthasarathy and Ramanujar deal with the subject of Indian culture and
tradition.
19. Vijay Tendulkar’s preoccupation with the middle class problems pervade the play
Sakharam, the Binder
20. Is there a solution to the problem of Untouchability in the novel The Untouchable.?
21. Depict the picture of India and Indian culture from the two prose pieces prescribed for
study.
IV. Attempt any ONE of the following in about 400 words.
(1 x 20 = 20 marks)
22. Discuss Toru Dutt’s ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ as a poem that embraces the past, the present
and the future.
23. Bring out the symbolic, spiritual and mystical nature of Aurobindo’s ‘ ‘Rose of God’.
24. R.K. Narayan is the best among the Indian English novelists. Explain through the novel
‘The Financial Expert.’
25. “Voices in the city” echoes the modern generation.
26. Kamala Markandaya expresses the powerful reality of poverty through ‘A Handful of
Rice.’
27. ‘Train to Pakistan’ is a positive novel.
28. Describe the features of Indian Writing in English citing examples from the texts you
have studied.
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