PAPER-III

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Time 2 1/2 hours] [Maximum Marks 200
Number of Pages in this Booklet 32 Number of Questions in this Booklet 19

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PAPER-III
Note This paper is of two hundred marks containing four sections. Candidates are required to attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.
SECTION I .
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Note This section consists of two essay type questions of twenty marks each, to be answered in about five hundred words each. ×
20 40 marks)
1. Anxieties of identity in modern drama.
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The demise of the 'grand narrative'.
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Parody as a post-modern device.
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Feminist literary criticism in a transnational age.
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Ecological imagery in poetry written in English.
2. Communicative English Language Teaching.
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Existentialism in European fiction.
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The Indian writer and the English language.
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Rethinking home in diasporic literature.
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The politics of literary and cultural value.
SECTION II
Note This section contains three questions from each of the electives/specializations. The candidate has to choose only one elective/specialization and answer all the three questions from it. Each question carries fifteen marks and is to be answered in about three hundred words. ×
15 45 Marks)
Elective I
History of English Language and English Language Teaching

3.
Discuss the implications of Behaviourist theory of learning in language teaching.

4.
Analyse the role of mother tongue in English language.

5.
Explain the role of audio-visual aids in learning the appropriate pronunciation of English.


Elective II
European Literature from the Classical Age to the 20th Century

3.
Does it seem fair for Oedipus to call himself "the worst of man" Why or why not

4.
In a discussion on his famous story "The Metamorphosis", Kafka said "The terror of art is that the dream reveals the reality". Apply this statement to either The Trial or The Castle.

5.
Discuss some of the motifs in Rainer Maria Rilke's poems.


Elective III
Indian Writing in English and Indian Literature in English Translation

3.
Analyze the urban orientation in the poetry of Nissim Ezekiel.

4.
Comment on the use of history in Amitav Ghosh's Shadow Lines.

5.
Discuss the depiction of middle class morality in Vijay Tendulkar's Silence The Court is in Session.


Elective IV
American and other Non-British English Literatures

3.
Analyze the representations of 'cultural memory' in twentieth century African-American poetry with suitable examples.

4.
How does Chinua Achebe resist imperial modes of representation in Things Fall Apart

5.
Discuss the East-West encounter in V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas.


Elective V
Literary Theory and Criticism

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Evaluate the salient features of the debate on the theory of mimesis between Aristotle and Plato.

4.
Identify and explain the tenets of Formalism.

5.
Account for the celebration of multiplicity of meanings in postmodernism.


SECTION III
Note This section contains nine questions of ten marks, each to be answered in about fifty words. ×
10 90 Marks)
6.
Comment on Johnson's argument in his "Preface to Shakespeare" that the dramatist "sacrifices virtue to convenience".

7.
Comment on Pope's claim in his Essay on Man "to vindicate the ways of God to man".


8. Define the characteristics of a picaresque hero.
9.
Define 'negative capability'.

10.
What led to the repeal of Corn Laws in 1846

11.
Discuss the significance of Ursula's encounter with the horses at the end of The Rainbow.

12.
Comment on the role of Padma in Midnight's Children.

13.
Why does Matthew Arnold reject historical and personal estimates of poetry

14.
Define the idea of the 'carnivalesque'.


SECTION IV

Note This section contains five questions of five marks each based on the following
passage. Each question should be answered in about thirty words.
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5 25 Marks)
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked An every turkey has a Mum. Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas, Don't eat it, keep it alive, It could be yu mate, an not on your plate Say, Yo! Turkey on your side. I got lots of friends who are turkeys An all of dem fear christmas time, Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it An humans are out of dere mind, Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys Dey all hav a right to a life, Not to be caged up an genetically made up By any farmer an his wife. Turkeys just wanna play reggae Turkeys just wanna hip-hop Can yu imagine a nice young turkey saying, cannot wait for de Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch christmas TV, Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain In many ways like yu an me. I once knew a turkey called … Turkey He said 'Benji explain to me please, Who put de turkey in Christmas An what happens to christmas trees I said am not too sure turkey But it's nothing to do wid Christ Mass Humans get greedy an waste more dan need be An business men mek loads a cash'. Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas Invite dem indoors fe sum greens Let dem eat cake an let dem partake In a plate of organic grown beans, Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas An spare dem de cut of de knife, Join Turkeys United an dey'll be delighted An yu will mek new friends 'FOR LIFE'.
15. Who is the speaker of the poem
16. Why do turkeys fear the Christmas time
17. What does the speaker mean by the statement "…humans are out of dere mind"
18.
Bring out the cultural significance of the words, 'reggae' and

19.
How does the poet contest the hegemony of 'standard English'


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