M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
First Semester
English
INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
(CBCS 2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 2 20)
Answer all the questions in about a sentence or two each.
1. What similarities do you find in the second type of dance
of Shiva and the pre-Aryan rituals?
2. What are the reasons for the stability and cohesion of
India, according to Dr. Radhakrishnan?
3. How does Tagore pray for the spiritual emancipation of
his country in "Song 35"?
4. How does Flora establish the superiority of the Lotus
over Rose and the Lily?
5. What does the sea between Fort St.George and Santhome
remind the poet in "Under Another sky"?
6. How does Kamala Das View love in Freaks"?
7. What does Rani do with the potion given by Kappana in
Nagamandala?
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8. What do we gather about Benare's character by her views
on life and education?
9. What was Raju's fate after he became preoccupied with
Rosie?
10. What accusation does Sindi make against Mr. Khemka?
Part B 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each.
11. What does Nirad C. Chaudhuri record on the
attitude of the British community in India?
Or
What message does Dr. Radhakrishnan convey in
his essay Heritage of All
12. How does Aurobindo express the philosophic ideas
of life through the symbolic poem Tiger and
the Deer"?
Or
Comment on Toru Dutt's immortalization of the
casuarinas tree.
13. How does Ramanujan present the absorbing power
of the great house through a series of pen pictures?
Or
Comment on the assertion of feminine identity in a
male-dominated world as illustrated in Kamals Das'
Introduction".
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14. Examine the mythical structure of Girish Karnad's
Nagamandala.
Or
Discuss Vijay Tendulkar's use of the technique of
mock play within the mock play' in Silence! The
Court is in Session.
15. Write a note on the use of humour, wit, irony and
satire in The Guide.
Or
Examine the theme of alienation in Arun Joshi's
The Foreigner.
Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions in about 500 words each.
16. Examine the significance of the Dance of Shiva from the
point of view of Ananda Coomaraswamy.
17. Comment on the universal elements in Tagore's The
Gitanjali.
18. How does Parthasartathy highlight the corroding
influence of the colonial rule in "Under Another Sky"?
19. Discuss the significance of Kurudavva's story in Naga
Mandala.
20. Describe Sindi's quest for realization as illustrated in The
Foreigner.