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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION ENGLISH
FIRSTSEMESTER APRIL 2018
17PEL1MC02- INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Date: 02-05-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
I . Annotate any SIX THREE from each section) of the following in about 100 words each:
SECTION A
1. A gray baboon sits statue-like alone Watching the sunrise; while on lower boughs 2. No longstanding headstone with his full name and two dates 3. A fighting South-East Asia with each gun 4. Weavers, weaving solemn and still, What do you weave in the moonlight chill?
SECTION B
5. She won't let you go.
You know how old women are.
6. One dreamed and saw a gland write Hamlet,drink
At the mermaid, capture immortality.
7. It started as a pilgrimage
Exalting minds and making all
The burdens light
8. Begging comes easy to the angrez
II. Answer any FOUR TWO from each section) of the following in about 500 words each:
(4X10=40)
SECTION A
9. Discuss the themes in Shalimar the Clown.
10. Write a note on Macaulay's Minute.
11. Deshpande's novel The Binding Vine voices feminist concerns. Discuss.
SECTION B
12. Critically analyse the poem old Woman' by Arun Kolatkar.
13. Discuss the novel Train to Pakistan in the light of atrocities of partition.
14. Comment on the poem 'Dont call me an Anglo Indian by Syed Amanuddin.
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III. Answer the following in about 500 words each: (2X15=30)
15 a. Critically examine the evolution of Sarita from a submissive housewife to a confident woman.
b. Trace the beginning, growth and the evolution of Indian Literature by citing examples.
16. a. Explain how 'Larin's Shahib is a satire on British rule in India.

b. Critically analyse the essay 'Renaissance in India' by Shri Aurobindo and explain how it highlights
India's true merit.