M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION,
NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
English
Elective — WOMEN'S STUDIES
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Who are the daughters of the century?
2. Mention any four women poets.
3. Who is Maya Angelou?
4. What does Margaret Atwood signify by her photograph?
5. Define Sexual politics.
6. Why does a woman need a room of her own?
7. Comment on the title of A Raisin in the sun.
8. What does "Harvest" refer?
9. Who are Pecola's friends?
10. What does "edible woman" mean?
Sub. Code
4MEN1E2
AFF-4737
2
Wk 3
Section B X 5 25)
Answer the following questions choosing either or
11. How does Sarojini Naidu glorify the Palanquin
bearers?
Or
What is the central idea in Kamala Das "Daughter
of the century"?
12. Describe Margaret Atwood's photograph.
Or
Bring out the significance of Adrienne Rich's
women.
13. How does Virginia Woolf argue for a room of one's
own?
Or
What are Kate Millett's views on sexual politics?
14. Comment on the plot of A Raisin in the sun.
Or
What message does Manjula Padmanabhan convey
through Harvest?
15. Give an account of Pecola's school life.
Or
Explain the backdrop of The Edible Woman.
AFF-4737
3
Wk 3
Section C X 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Trace the evolution of thought in Elizabeth Barret
Browning's "The Cry of Children".
17. How does Maya Angelou glorify women in "I Know why
the caged bird sings"?
18. Examine Elaine Showalter's contribution to feminist
studies.
19. Justify the title of Manjula Padmanabhan's Harvest.
20. Analyze The Bluest Eye as a document on triple
oppression.
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