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Reg. No...... FotrRTH SEMESTER M.A*.DEGREE E)(AMTNATION, JUNE 2019 (CUCSS-pG)

English Language and Literature EN 4C O7_INDIAN ENGLISH LiTERATIIRE (20L2 Admission oo*urd.) Time :Three Hours Maximum : 86 Weightage I' Answer att the foilowing questions in a word, phrase or sentence : l" In which did vgar Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel prize ? According 2 to Torn Dutt, which animal sits on the casuarina tree watching the sunrise ? 3 Name the ancestral house referred *My to in thepoem, Grandmother,s House,. 4 Identifr the poem, which begins with the lines, "In Madurai, city of temples and poets. 5 which Indian city is portrayed as the backdrop of the play, Harvest ? what 6 is,the name of the pickle factory owned. by Mammachi mentioned in the novel, The Gad. of Small Things ? 7 Which writer is *Indian . often hailed as Chekhov, ? 8 Ndme the two writers mentioned by *The Ashish Nandy in the essay, Uncolonised Mind,. (8xL/z=4weightage) - u' Answer any three of the follorving questions in paragraph a of 1b0 words each : 9 Comment on the title, Gitartjali. 10 Examine Nissim Ezekiel as a Modern poet with Indian sensibilitv. 11 Sri Aurobindo as a mystic poet.

12 Symbolism in The God, of Small Things. 13 Metaphysical elements in The Serpent and, the Rope. 14 According to Ashish Nandy, how does colonialism works as an agency ofpower, which constructs the identity'of the citizens ?

(3x2=6weightage) any !e three of-the following : hushed for the fiat to come and the tread of the Eternal; ' \r yet to be sweeps from Infinity,s sea. Turn over 2 C6L722

16 The bridal-songs and cradle-songs have cadences ofsorrow, The laughter of the sun to-day, the wind of death to-morrow. Far sweeter sound the forest-notes where forest-streams are falling; O mother mine, I cannot stay, the fairy-folk are calling

17 There, to peer through blind eyes of windows or Just listen to the frozenair, Or in wild despair, pick an armful of Darkness to bring it here to lie Behind my bedroom door like a brooding Dog... 18 Thy form, O Tree, as in my happy prime I saw thee, in my own loved native clime. 19 Hereafter, I should be content, I think, to go through life with the small change of uncertainties. 20 People ever5rwhere talked of the inches rising,

of th'e precise number of cobbled steps over by the water,. (3x2=6weightage) ry. Write an essay of 450 words each on any four of the following questions, choosing one from each section: . Section A 21 Evaluate the role of women poets in Indian English poetry with reference to Sarojini Naidu, Torn Dutt and Kamala Das.

22 Attempt a critical analysis of the poem, "Routine" by Keki. N. Daruwalla. 23 Comment on the use of images in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjati. Section B

24 Illustrate how Manjula Padmanabhan depict the consequenc'es of the intrusion of a power structure in human life through her play Haruest ?

25 Examine Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions as a drama of social maladies. 26 Comment on the contributions of Mahesh Dattani and Manjula Padmanabhan to Indian English Drama. c 61722

16 The bridal-songs and cradle-songs have cadences ofsorrow, The laughter of the sun to-day, the wind of death to-morrow.

Far sweeter sound the forest-notes where forest-streams are falling; O mother mine, I cannot stay, the fairy-folk are calling.

17 There, to peer through blind eyes of windows or Just listen to the frozen air, Or in wild despair, pick an armful of

Darkness to bring it here to lie , Behind my bedroom door like a brooding Dog... 18 Thy form, O Tree, as in my happy prime I saw thee, in my own loved native clime. 19 Hereafter, I should be content, I think, to go through life with the small change of uncertainties. 20 People everywhere talked of the inches rising,

of tlie precise number of cobbled steps ior orr", by the water,. (Bx2=6weightage) ry. Write an essay of 450 words each on an;n four of the following questions, choosing one from each

section : Section A

2L Evaluate the role of women poets in Indian English poetry with reference to Sarojini Naidu, Torn Dutt and Kamala Das.

22 Attempt a critical analysis of the poem, "Rputine" by Keki. N. Daruwalla. 2g Comment on the use of images in Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali. Section B

24 Illustrate how Manjula Padmanabhan depict the consequences of the intrusion of a power structure in human life through her play Haruest ?

25 Examine Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutinns as a drama of social maladies. 26 Comment on the contributions of Mahesh Dattani and Manjula Padmanabhan to Indian English Drama. 3 cgrzzz

Section C

27 Briefly examine the cultural dichotomy of the Eastern and Western traditions as fepresented by Raja Rao in The Serpent and the Rope.

28 Discuss the narrative strategies employed by Arundhati Roy n The God. of Small Things, which interweaves the past and the present and by combining fact and fiction.

29 "In the novelJourney to lthaca,Anita Desai portrays a spiritual journey rather than a physical . one which finally leads to absolute truth" - Elucidate.

Section D otrj,ro', 30 Illustrate the significance of the Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand and R.K. Narayan in the j r;*, '-// uuerary map of Indian English fiction with reference to the text prescribed for the study.

81 Summarise the arguments explicated in the essay, "The Uncolonise{ Mind" by AshishNandy.

32 Briefly explain the growth and development of non-fictional prose in Indian English writing. (4x5=20weightage)

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