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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017
(Second Year)
ENGLISH
Indian English Literature
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70
Question No.1 in Unit-I is compulsory.
Answer any Two questions from each Unit II and Unit III
All questions carry equal marks.
UNIT I
Q1) Annotate any four of the following:
A dense, dense forest, where no sunbeam pries,
And in its centre a cleared spot. There bloom
By that hoar tree, so beautiful and vast,
The water-lilies spring, like snow enmassed.
As some bright archangel in vision flies
Plunged in dream-caught spirit immensities,
Line in the mind of our earthhood; O golden Mystery, flower,
Sun on the head of the Timeless, guest of the marvellous Hour.
The burdens light. The second stage
Explored but did not test the call.
Shaven water-buffaloes lounging in the sun
The poets only sang of the floods.
Boys, we will have to vie with the wild breeze of the south to-day--and we are not
going to be beaten.
For life is a creative idea;
it can only find itself in changing forms.
UNIT II
Q2) How do childhood reminiscences form the framework of Toru Dutt's poetry?
Q3) Write an essay on symbolism in the poetry of Sri Aurobindo.
Q4) Examine Mahapatra's poetry as a study of the human kind.
Q5) Critically comment on Kamala Das's feminism in the poems prescribed for your study.
Q6) Consider Tagore's The King of the Dark Chamber as a metaphysical approach to
human experience.
Q7) How does Tagore argue for the unity of the human race in his "Man"?
UNIT III
Q8) Write an essay on the plot and structure of Hayavadana.
Q9) Consider The Ganga Ghat as yet another triumph of Raja Rao's mastery of the craft of
fiction.
Q10) Evaluate A Tiger for Malgudi as a political allegory.
Q11) Examine the love story in Arun Joshi's "The Last Labyrinth".
Q12) Summarise the speech of Ambedkar given on the 'The Adoption of the Constitution of
India'.
Q13) Write short notes on any four of the following:
Spirituality in Indian English poetry.
Social philosophy in Indian Writing in English.
The rise of Indian theatre in English.
Indian Myths.
Renaissance in India.
Rural Ethos.
Realism.
Symbolism in Indian English poetry.