Indian Writing In English May 2002 (MA English)
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION
May 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) that every Plotinus we read
is what some Alexander looted
between the malarial rivers.
(b) His first son trainee
in telegraphy
has telegraphed thrice already for money.
(c) I'm thirty.
I must give quality to the other half.
(d) Hand on chin you grew up,
all agog, on the Cook’s succulent folklore.
(e) cowering
Beneath your monstrous ego, I ate the
magic loaf and
Became a dwarf.
(f) Loverlon,
It is only wise at times, to let Sleep
Make holes in memory.
(g) In this the poet finds his moral proved
Who never spoke before his spirit moved.
(h) My mother only said
Thank God the scorpion picked on me
and spared my children.
GROUP - B
(i) That is certainly not a type of renaissance that is at all possible in India.
(j) Come along It won't be for long. I don't intend to be a Brahmin all my life! There’s money here and we’ll make a pile by the time we reach Daulatabad.
(k) What if I am a dhobi, your Majesty? When it comes to washing away filth no saint is a match for a dhobi.
(l) Chant your cruellest spells; Wind them about hismind till every coil bites deep. Whereever he goes, he shall never escape from me.
(m) Victor and thee, O Lord My sins and my life together lie at thy feet and my days end here, in the haven of thy forgiveness.
SECTION-A
2. Discuss Ezekiel as a satirical poet.
3. A.K. Poems abound in "recollected personal emotion" - DISCUSS.
4. Discuss R. Parthasarathy as a gentle poet.
5. Discuss Toru Ditt -as a Romantic poet.
6. Discuss a symbols presented by Tagore in his Gitanjali
SECTION-B
7. Sum up Aurobindo’s observations on ancient India.
8. What are Aurobindo's observations on Tagore, Vivekananda and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee ?
9. Sum up Gandhi's views on Ahimsa.
10. Consider Gandhi's autobiography as a spiritual document,
SECTION - C
11. Discuss Coolie as a didactic novel.
12. Write a critical note on narrative techniques employed in Kanthapura.
13. Describe the David - Goliath struggle presented in The Man Eater of Malgudi.
14. What are the many hungers presented in So Many Hungers?
16. Discuss the violence presented in A Bend in the Ganges.
SECTION - D
16. Write on the transformation of Chandalika.
17. Write critically on the significance of the opening scene of Tughlaq.
18. Write in detail on the blunders committed by Tughlaq.