loyolacollege.edu M.A English Literature Sample Question Paper : Loyola College

Organisation : Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai
Exam: M.A. Degree Examination
Subject: English Literature
Year : 2017
Document Type : Model Question Paper
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First Semester : APRIL 2017
16PEL1MC02 :
Date: 03-05-2017
Max. : 100 Marks

Indian Writing In English

Annotate any SIX (THREE from each section) of the following in about 100 words each: (6 x 5 = 30)
Section A :
1. With deathless trees- like those in Barrowdale,
2. What do you weave in the moonlight chill?
3. he got two lines in an inside column
4. A fighting South-East Asia with each gun

Section B :
5. We hardly know why we were there.
The trip had darkened every face,
Our deeds were neither great nor rare.
Home is where we have to gather grace.

6. i have burned candles in the caves of prejudice
i have surged in the oceans of being
i have flown across the universe on the wings of my thought

7. Now my dreams ask me
If I remember my mother
And I am not sure how I’ll handle that.
Migrating across years is also difficult.

8. Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinite is native to it.

II Answer any FOUR (TWO from each section) of the following in about 500 words : (4 x 10 = 40)
Section A :
9. Consider Vijay Tendulkar’s play Kamala as a realistic play.
10. Critically analyse the essay India’s Shame by Arundhati Roy
11. Critically analyse Meena Kandasamy’s poem Mulligatawny Dreams.

Section B :
12. Comment on the narrative technique in R. K Narayan’s ‘The Guide’.
13. Critically analyse Aurobindo’s Sonnet ‘A Dream of Surreal Science’ in terms of content and structure.
14. How does Arvind Adiga represent irony, humour and satire in ‘The White Tiger’?

III Answer the following questions in about 500 words: (2 x15 = 30)
15. Critically evaluate the theme, style and poetic devices employed in the poems of Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu.
OR
16. Bring out Ananda Coomaraswamy’s views on India’s contribution to human welfare..
17. Enumerate the major themes and techniques in Indian writing in English.
OR
18. Comment on the predominant motifs in modern Indian poetry in English.

American Literature

PART A :
Answer any five of the following in about 200 words each (5×8=40 marks)
1. Show how Mrs Turpin finally receives grace in “The Revelation”
2. Examine aspects of feminism in “The Chrysanthemums”
3. Why does the lawyer in “If Beale Street Could Talk” say that it will be very difficult to get Fonny out on bail?
4. What is the thematic significance of the incident of the trapped bird in “The Optimist’s Daughter?”
5. Discuss the significance of the title “ For the Dead”
6. Comment on the value of art as expressed in “The Piano Lesson”.
7. Compare and Contrast the two female characters in “A Street Car Named Desire”.
8. Attempt a psychological study of the poem “ Mending Wall”

PART B :
Answer the following in about 400 words each (3×20=60 marks)
9. Do you think African Americans have a fair chance to live the American Dream? Answer with reference to “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Or
Do you agree that “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is a about the tragedy of a failed writer?
10. Bring out the sense of horror in “Fall of the House of Usher”
Or
What are the merits of Americans as per Irving Babbit.
11.‘Where I lived and What I lived for’ is a mockery upon the Americans. Elucidate.
Or
Bring out the essence of life from the source of Thoreau’s Nature

Green Cultural Studies

PART-A :
I Answer any EIGHT of the following (four from each section) in about 100 words each:(8×5=40 marks)
Section I :
1. What are the eight cardinal principles of Deep Ecology?
2. Discuss the concept of Thinai in Sangam poetry. Give examples.
3. Explain the terms a) Interconnectedness b) Eco-sensitivity
4. Compose an eco-poem based on the saying, “There is enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for one man’s greed.”-Mahatma Gandhi
5. Enumerate the major concerns of Eco-critical thought.
6. Write an ecocritical appreciation of the documentary film ‘Home’.

Section II :
7. Write a short note on the origin of the study of Eco-criticism.
8. Do you think that Eco-criticism is a soft study? Discuss.
9. Discuss any two aspects dealt by critics in the field of Green Cultural studies with reference to your prescribed text.
10. What is Jonathan Bate’s view on the word ‘Culture’?
11. Which theory is used extensively by Geoffrey Hartman in his critical essay on Wordsworth’s Prelude?
12. What does Emerson say about nature and harmony of the human mind?

PART-B :
II Answer any FOUR of the following (two from each section) in about 300 words each: (4×15=60 marks)
Section I :
13. Attempt a critical essay on the role of nature and imagination in Wordsworth’s Prelude.
14. How does nature enrich Thoreau’s experience during his quest for a property in the Country side?
15. Pen a poem based on any of your close encounters with nature.
16. Nature is not just an object of impetus for poetry. It is a way of life. Justify.

Section II :
17. “Every human being has the right to be educated about Mother Earth and how to live in accordancewith this Declaration”. Substantiate with examples.
18. Discuss Margaret Atwood’s ‘Surfacing’ as an Ecofeminist novel.
19. Analyze the given literary text using the Oikopoetic method.
We offer flowers to you,
O doorstep of the house, be kind-
Fill the granary with corn.

20. Find the Green Density Measurement (GDM) of the following text, applying the formula and
comment on the Green Attitude of the text in about 300 words:
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;