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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Sixth Semester B.A. Degree Examination, April 2018
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Core Course: English XI
AUEN641: World Classics
(Common for Regular 2015 and Reappearance 2014 Admn.)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. Which is the predominant emotion or rasa in Kalidasa‟s Ritusamhara
2. How many Indian seasons are depicted in Ritusamhara
3. Who composed the Odyssey?
4. Who is the hero in Bhasa‟s play Urubhanga
5. In which city does the story of Antigone take place?
6. Whom does the Chorus of Antigone consist of
7. Who is the narrator of the novel Zorba the Greek?
8. In which year was the novel Zorba the Greek originally published?
9. Who is Ivan Ilyich‟s closest friend?
10. Which renowned filmmaker loosely adapted the novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich into film titled Ikiru?
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. Comment on the significance of the title, Ritusamhara.
12. Image of the in Ritusamhara.
13. Epic and its features.
14. Describe the opening part of Zorba the Greek.
15. Why does the Greek intellectual set off to Crete?
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16. Schwartz in The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
17. How does Ivan Ilyich become ill?
18. Ismene as a foil to Antigone.
19. Role of Tiresias in Antigone.
20. Peripeteia and Anagnorisis in Greek Drama.
21. Contributions of Kalidasa as a playwright.
22. Define a Classic and enumerate on its characteristics.
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. Exuberance of love in Ritusamhara.
24. Structure of the Greek Tragedy.
25. The Greek Chorus with reference to Antigone.
26. Zorba the Greek as a Bildungsroman.
27. Philosophy of life as expressed in Zorba the Greek.
28. Gerasim
29. Comment on the narrative structure of The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
30. Sketch the character of Creon.
31. The different conflicts in Antigone.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. How does Kalidasa portray the intensity of summer through the reactions of various living beings in the poem Ritusamhara?
33. "Antigone deals with the right of the individual to discard society‟s encroachment on free will and responsibilities" Elucidate.
34. Analyse Zorba the Greek as a novel, which demonstrates the ruminations of two men with contrasting ideologies, an erudite person who wants to read life and the other, a man who represents paganism.
35. Discuss the significance of the title and central theme of The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
15 30 Marks)