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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION ENGLISH LITERATURE
SECONDSEMESTER APRIL 2018
17/16PEL2MC02/EL2809 EUROPEAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
Date: 19-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
SECTION A
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 200 words each.
Write a critical assessment of Dido's love for Aeneas.
How does the novel Nausea exemplify Existentialism? Justify the title of the story A Queer Night in Paris. Why does Galileo believe, by the end of the play, he has betrayed his profession? Give reasons.
Comment on the theme of heroism in Homer's "ODYSSEY."
Bring out the theme of ambition in "The Master Builder."
How does GregorSamsa's life change after his fateful metamorphosis?
Explain the concept of literature as an imitative art.
Answer any THREE of the following in about 400 words each. (3X20=60)
9. Consider Virgil's Aeneid as an Epic.
How does Longinus distinguish the true from false Sublime? Elaborate. 10. "Gorky's concern in Mother was with strong, vital, memorable characters rather than with dogma or morality." Discuss. Comment on the theme of war in "Fateless" 11. a. Show how a complex plot in poetic drama will bring about an experience of catharsis.
OR)
Consider "The Little Prince" as a Christian allegory