M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
English
INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions in about a sentence or two each.
1. What is the second type of dance of Shiva?
2. What does Dr. Radhakrishnan say about the revolutions
in China and Russia?
3. What does Aurobindo's poem "The Tiger and the
remind us?
4. Why do the fishermen track of the seagulls call?
5. What does Parthasarathy say about the use of Tamil
language in "Under Another Sky"?
6. How does Kamala Das regard her Grandmother's house?
7. Why does Padmini send Devadatta to the Ujjain fair?
8. What is the purpose of the arrival of an amateur theatre
group in the village in Silence! The Court is in Session?
9. What is the general attitude of the people towards
Nataraj after Vasu's death?
10. Where does Sita's frustration drive her?
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701103
RW-734
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Ws5
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each.
11. Comment on Nirad C. Chaudhuri's prose style.
Or
Analyse Dr. Radhakrishnan's views on the influence
and impact of Indian culture in other countries.
12. Critically evaluate Song 5 in Tagore's Gitanjali.
Or
How does the poem "Indian Weavers" describe the
different stages of Human life?
13. How does the poem "A Hot Noon in Malabar"
dramatize the tragedy of Kamala Das' marital life
in which she has lost all her freedom and identity?
Or
How does Parthasarathy express man's indifference
towards nature in "River, Once"?
14. How does the sub-plot of Hayavadana the horseman,
deepens the significance of the main theme?
Or
Write a note on Benare's self defence in Silence!
The Court is in Session.
15. Write a note on the role of myth in The Man- Eater
of Malgudi.
Or
How does Sita represent the modern married
woman's existentialist predicament?
RW-734
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Ws5
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions in about
500 words each.
16. Discuss the significance of the Dance of Shiva from the
point of view of Ananda Coomaraswamy.
17. Evaluate the poem "The Tiger and the Deer" with
reference to the statement. 'The mighty will perish in
their might and the slain will survive the slayer'.
18. How does Ramanujan symbolically present a house in
"Small Scale Reflections on a Great House"?
19. Consider Karnad's Hayavadana a play on the search for
identity in the midst of tangled relationships.
20. Discuss the role of pride in the novel The Man- Eater of
Malgudi.
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