Indian Writing In English December 2002 (MA English)
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION
December 2002 First Year
(ENGLISH)
Paper - IV
140 Indian Writing In English
Time 3 Hours
Maximum 100 Marks
Answer question ONE and FOUR others, choosing TWO from.
Section A and TWO from Section B.
All questions carry equal marks.
I. Annotate any FIVE of, the following passages choosing atleast TWO from each group.
GROUP - A (5x4 = 20)
(a) Cowering beneath your monstrous ego
I ate the magic loaf and become a dwarf.
(b) Home is where we have to gather grace.
(c) How to feel it home was tile point.
(d) Always with the chill promise
of a home – only
The heat isn't hospitable anywhere.
(e) Nose eyes and Knee –bend
cut fresh from stone
for a Parvathi Statue.
(f) I know fears more precise
than any hope.
GROUP - B
(g) Balance and rhythm which the Greeks arrived at by self - limitation the Indians arrived at by their intellectual, ethical and aesthetic order.
(h) Spirituality, is much wider than any particular religion: even the greatest religion is only a part of one universal religion.
(i) Prayer ! Prayer ! who wants prayers now ? Ask them to give us some food.
(j) When men like him die, it is a sin to be alive,
(k) I'm not afraid of the king; he might have had me impaled perhaps, but these men they do nothing.
(l) That is best mother. Let the spells stop. I'll have no more - no, no, don't, Go on .... the end of the 'path is so near.
SECTION - A
2. What makes Ezekiel "one of the most adult and consistently meaningful poets in Indo - English writing" ?
3. "Many of A.K. Ramanujan's poems have their origin in recollected personal emotion" - substantiate.
4. "Parthasarathy pursues his craft seriously" - Elucidate.
5. Kamala Das writes "about love, or rather, the failure of love or the absence of love" effectively - Discuss.
6. Attempt an estimate of Toru Dutt or Sarojini Naidu as a poetess.
SECTION - B
7. "My Experiments with Truth" is an auto biography with a difference" - Discuss.
8. Justify the title of Gandhiji's autobiography.
9. What is original about Aurobindo's interpretation of the spirit of India?
10. What are the three steps in Indian Renaissance?
SECTION - C
11. Do you agree that "Tuglaq" is more than a historical play?
12. How far is Tuglaq an idealist? Discuss in the light of the schemes he launched as the king.
13. Consider "Chandalika" as a drama of intense conflict.
SECTION - D
14. Consider "Coolie" as a novel of special protest.
15. Estimate Murthy's character in "Kanthapura"
16. Trace the central theme of "The Man Eater of Malgudi"'.
17. Discuss the partition theme in "A Bend in the Ganges".
18. What are the hungers discussed in "So many Hungers"?