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M.A. (ENGLISH) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017
(First Year)
ENGLISH
Modern Literature III (1850-1950)
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70
Answer question No.1 in section A is compulsory.
Answer any Two questions from Section B and Two from Section C
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION-A
Q1) Annotate any four of the following:
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
"No sir. We are afraid of you: but she puts courage into us".
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rest unfurnished, not to shine is use!
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed
His grasp, or what's a heaven for?
The dog's god is a scrap dropped from the table,
The mouse's savior is a ripe wheat grain
Men manufacture both machine and soul
And use what they imperfectly control.
She smooths her hair with automatic hand
And puts a record on the gramophone.
Well, if you will burn the protestant, I will burn the nationalist.
SECTION-B
Q2) Describe Ulysses attitude towards his companions, the mariners.
Q3) Critically examine the use of dramatic monologue in "Andrea Del Sarto".
Q4) Bring out the main theme in Dylan Thomas' "The Hunchback in the Park".
Q5) Consider Eliot's 'The Wasteland" as a myth.
Q6) Discuss the structure of St.Joan.
Q7) Comment on the views of pater on style.
SECTION-C
Q8) Discuss yeats as a symbolist poet from your study of his poems prescribed.
Q9) Sketch the role chance in the structure of The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Q10) Write an essay on the depiction of women characters in Sons and Lovers.
Q11) Fiction is truer than facts. Does this statement apply To the Lighthouse?
Q12) Eliot's The Cocktail Party is a genteel parody of modernity-Substantiate.
Q13) Bring out the thematic concerns in Waiting for Godot.
Q14) Write short notes on Four of the following:
Symbolism in modern poetry.
Technique in modern drama.
Features of Absurd drama.
Prose drama.
Stream of consciousness.
Surrealism.
Existentialism
Religion versus science.
Theme of "Tears, Idle Tears".