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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
POETRY
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Write short essays on any FIVE of the following.
1.
How does Keats describe the dreams of Madeline in 'The
Eve of St.Agnes'?
2.
What are the symbols used by W.B.Yeats in 'Byzantium'
and 'Sailing to Byzantium'?
3.
Bring out the importance of 'Homage to Government'.
4.
Is Emily Dickinson a 'Death Obsessed Poet'? – Illustrate.
5.
Comment on the theme of Emerson's 'Brahma'.
6.
Attempt an appraisal of 'Night of the Scorpion'.
7.
Discuss briefly the characteristics of Ondaatje's poem
'The Time Around Scars'.
8.
Write an illustrative note on the poetry of Vincent
O.S. Sullivan.
Sp 3
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Write essays on any FOUR of the following.
9.
Attempt a critical appreciation of Milton's Paradise Lost
Book II.
10.
How does Wordsworth describe the beauty of nature in
'Tintern Abbey'?
11.
Is 'The Scholar Gipsy' a pastoral poem? – Discuss.
12.
Explain 'the edge of sensibility' and 'imagistic technique'
in Sylvia Plath's 'Lady Lazarus'.
13.
Signify the title of the poem 'The Twenty Fifth
Anniversary of a Republic'.
14.
Write down the characteristic features of Kamala Das'
poetry – 'The Old Play – House'.
15.
Vividly
describe
Conversation'.
Wole
Soyinka's
'Telephonic
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
PROSE
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1.
Write a paragraph on how to tackle men of inordinate
ambitions.
2.
How does Bacon express his admiration for truth?
3.
Write a note on the mixture of humour and pathos in the
essay, “Dream Children: A Reverie”.
4.
What was the type of Orwell’s literary activities in the
early years?
5.
Why is war propaganda ineffective according to Orwell?
6.
What are the two major barriers to self-reliance? Who is
the “aboriginal Self”, the “Trustee”? How does this
concept modify the egotism of self-reliance?
7.
What are the most common things we often forget,
according to Robert Lynd?
8.
Bring out the humour in Leacock’s “The Financial
Expert”.
SP5
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9.
Consider Dr. Johnson as a biographer of Milton.
10.
What account of himself does the Spectator give in the
first essay?
11.
Analyze critically Carlyle’s prose style with reference to
“Dante and Shakespheare”.
12.
What is Orwell’s assessment on Gandhiji?
13.
Write on Will Durant’s conditions of civilization.
14.
Explain Thoreau’s views on Civil Disobedience.
15.
Describe Gardiner’s experiences which show that there
are certain occasions when we play hide and seek with
our own conscience.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
DRAMA
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1.
Examine the character of Nora Helmer in A Doll’s House.
2.
Write a paragraph on the procession of the seven Deadly
Sins.
3.
Describe the screen scene in She Stoops to Conquer.
4.
Compare and contrast George Deever with Chriskeller.
5.
Explain the theme of the play The Cocktail Party.
6.
What is Jaimie Paul’s opinion about the free gifts given to
the Indians?
7.
Examine the circumstances leading to the death of
Sheikh Imam-ud-din.
8.
What are the charges framed against Miss. Leela Benare?
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9.
Examine Sophocles achievement as a dramatist with
special reference to his play Oedipus Rex.
10.
Write an essay on Faustus as a child of the Renaissance.
Wk 11
11.
Consider She Stoops to Conquer as a comedy.
12.
Justify the title of The Birthday Party.
13.
Write an essay on Arthur Miller's dramatic techniques.
14.
Comment on the mixing of religion and politics in
Karnad’s play Tughlaq.
15.
Attempt a critical appreciation of Vijay Tendulkar’s play,
Silence! The Court is in Session.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
LITERARY CRITICISM
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about
300 words each.
1.
‘Poetics’ is not only the first thoroughly philosophical
discussion of literature, but also the foundation of all
subsequent discussions. Justify the claim.
2.
What is the function of poetry according to Arnold?
3.
Write
a short
note
on Poe’s
The Philosophy of
Composition’.
4.
Analyse Jung’s views on Psychology and literature.
5.
What is an archetype? Explain.
6.
Discuss Derrida’s contribution to literary criticism.
7.
Describe briefly the technique as discovery.
8.
Why does Showalter call feminist criticism as gynocentric
criticism?
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PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about
400 words each.
9.
Discuss the circumstances which gave rise to Sidney’s
‘Apologie for Poetry’.
10.
What are the views of Wordsworth on poetic diction? How
far, in your opinion, are they tenable?
11.
Summarise Eliot’s views on individual talent in relation
to tradition.
12.
Critically examine Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The Word and the
Spirit’.
13.
Illustrate Northrop Frye’s ‘The Archetypes of Literature’.
14.
Write an essay on criticism as language.
15.
Define feminist criticism. How does it differ from the
male on patriarchal criticism?
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DE–8115
DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A.(English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
NEW MEDIA AND ADVERTISING
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1.
Give an account of computers.
2.
Explain the operating system of computers.
3.
Comment on adobe Photoshop.
4.
List any eight terms associated with websites.
5.
What is teleconferencing?
6.
How do you access references on the Internet?
7.
Define hyperlinks.
8.
Describe the future trend of computers.
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9.
Examine the characteristics of computers.
10.
Trace the growth of computer networks and world wide
web.
Sp 6
11.
Bring out the importance of the tools for new media.
12.
Discuss the various search engines and their uses.
13.
What are the conventions of writing for new media?
14.
Analyze the significance of public
advertisement through new media.
15.
How does
behaviour?
information
technology
relations
influence
and
social
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
SHAKESPEARE
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Write short essays on any FIVE of the following.
1.
Compare and contrast the characters of viola and Olivia
in Twelfth Night.
2.
Comment on the role of disguise in Twelfth Night.
3.
Justify the title of the play Much Ado About Nothing.
4.
Analyze father – son relationship in Henry IV Part I.
5.
What are the reasons for Antony’s decline in Antony and
Cleopatra?
6.
Examine the element of procrastination in Hamlet.
7.
Explain how Desdemona becomes a victim in Othello.
8.
Sketch the character of Caliban in The Tempest.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following questions.
9.
Discuss Twelfth Night as a romantic comedy.
10.
Analyze the plot structure in Much Ado About Nothing.
Sp 6
11.
Comment on the leadership abilities of Hotspur in Henry
IV Part I.
12.
Explain the tragic elements in the play Hamlet.
13.
Explore the issue of racialism in Othello.
14.
Sketch the character of Cleopatra.
15.
Examine the role played by supernatural elements in
The Tempest.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
FICTION
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1.
Write a note on Dr.Manette as a mouthpiece of Charles
Dickens.
2.
Compare and contrast Jane Eyre and Blanche.
3.
Is it right to say that Paul finds physical and emotional
fulfillment in his relationships with Clara? Substantiate.
4.
Give a detailed account of the plot–construction in
Ulysses.
5.
Describe Hawthorne’s novelistic technique in The Scarlet
Letter.
6.
Examine the dualism in the character of Raskolinkov in
Dostoevksy’s ‘Crime and punishment’.
7.
Justify the title of the novel of “A farewell to Arms”
8.
Narrate the story of the unnamed lady in Surfacing.
SP5
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9.
In the novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, the theme of
resurrection has been presented by Charles Dickens
effectively. Discuss.
10.
Depict the educational institutions in Jane Eyre.
11.
Describe the circumstances which led to the marriage of
Gertrude, coppard and Walter morel.
12.
“Ulysses is the most widely known exemplar of the
stream–of– consciousness technique”. Explain.
13.
Attempt an essay on “The Scarlet Letter” as a romance.
14.
Trace the conflict and its resolution in Dostoevsky’s
Crime and Punishment.
15.
Write an essay on the different man–woman
relationships portrayed in the novel Surfacing.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1.
What is National literature? Give examples.
2.
What is World literature? Give examples.
3.
What is the scope of comparative literature in India?
4.
What are genre studies?
5.
Define the terms ‘Period’, ‘Age’, ‘Epoch’ and ‘Movement’ in
comparative literature.
6.
What is thematology?
7.
What is adaptation? State examples.
8.
What are the qualities of a good translator?
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9.
Compare and contrast the French and the American
schools of comparative literature.
10.
Write a detailed essay on the methodology of comparative
literature.
Sp 2
11.
Examine the problems in genre studies.
12.
Write an essay on Influence studies.
13.
What is the function of reception study and what are the
objections to reception study?
14.
What are the different types of translation? What is the
significance of translation in comparative literature?
15.
Discuss the value of psychology in literary studies with
suitable examples.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014
INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1.
Comment on the tragic end of Kuttalam in Neela
Padmanabhans Generations.
2.
Consider the letter written by Satyabati to Subarnalatha
as one of the finest documents on gender-equality.
3.
Write about the narrative strategies employed in
Bhalchandra Nemade’s Cocoon.
4.
What is Basu’s philosophy of life in Unarmed?
5.
Discuss the role of Kamandaki in bringing Madhava and
Malati together.
6.
Elaborate on
Sambasiva.
7.
What is described as a pleasure dome by Srikant Varma?
8.
Write a note on the postcolonial elements in
Nikileswarar’s poem, “The Black Flag in the hands of
Ambedkar”.
the
farcical
elements
of
the
play,
Ws 18
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following questions.
9.
Trace Diravi’s struggle against the stifling established
norms of the society he lives in.
10.
Attempt an evaluation of Subarnalata’s achievements in
her journey towards selfhood.
11.
Analyse Cocoon as a novel showcasing an attack against
all kinds of falsehoods.
12.
How does Rajee Seth perceive the actual and the ideal in
Unarmed?
13.
Give an account of the romance between Makaranda and
Madayantika in Malati and Madhava by Bhavabhuti.
14.
Attempt
a
critical
appreciation
Chandrasekhar's play, Sambasiva.
15.
Elaborate on the theme and imagery in “The Rites of the
Earth” by K.Sachidanandan.
of
Kambar
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2014
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1.
Why is two way of communication important?
2.
Write a note on body language.
3.
Give a detailed account of interviews in Dyadic
communication.
4.
Write the importance of Group Discussion Skills.
5.
Write a report on a social problem in vogue to a
newspaper.
6.
Write the uses of technical proposals.
7.
Write a note on agenda.
8.
How will you prepare a research paper?
PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9.
Explain the different kinds of barriers in communication.
10.
What are the two different types of communication,
explain with suitable example.
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11.
Write an essay on the advantages and disadvantages of
visual aids.
12.
What are the characteristics of the job interview?
13.
Write a group discussion on the topic ‘can a computer
replace a teacher’.
14.
Distinguish formal and non-formal reports.
15.
State the duties of a chairman and participants of a
meeting.
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