N A L A N D A O P E N U N I V E R S I T Y
M.A. English, Part-II
PAPER-XIII
(Indian Literature in English)
Annual Examination, 2017
Time 3 Hours. Full Marks 80
Answer any Five Questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain the following lines with reference to the context
She has a single mood, she's merely bored,
Yawns and walks away, retires to sleep,
Has never sniffed at where the fish is stored
Nor known to relish milk, less cat than sleep.
Surgeons may shoot up and explode
in a weather fraught with forceps
Woman may damn
man
2. Discuss the socio-political background of Arnold's work.
3. Discuss the plot construction of Coolie.
4. Give an account of the literary background in which Amitav Ghosh started writing his
novels.
5. Discuss the themes of nationalism and religious conflict in "Shadow lines."
6. True writing comes from an eye for the current happenings in a country's social political
life. How true is it in the case of Mahesh Dattani's works
7. Discuss the theme of religious conflict in "Final Solution".
8. Give an account of how Eunice De Souza and Nissim Ezekiel used their personal life and
used them in their poems.
9. Write a critical appreciation of Nissim Ezekiel's "Background, Casually."
10. Write a critical analysis of "Woman".