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12. How does Wallace Stevens describe the complacent woman in Sunday Morning?
13. Show how Emerson's Brahma is a blend of Eastern and Western thought.
14. From the poems prescribed for your study, bring out the themes in the poems of
Nissim Ezekiel.
15. How is the killing of Kastura portrayed by A.D. Hope n Moschus Moschiferus : A
song for St. Cecilia's Day?
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M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
PROSE
Time : Three hours
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11. Analyse The Coverley Papers as the precursor of the English novel.
12. How does Carlyle assess Shakespeare as poet-hero?
13. What, according to Orwell, are the defects of historical writing?
14. Discuss Emersons Self-reliance as the basic foundation of the new philosophy
of life.
15. Critically examine Gardiners essay, On Umbrella Morals.
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M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
DRAMA
Time : Three hours
critically
the
circumstances
which
make
Dr. Faustus choose black magic and submit a bond to the devil.
3. Why does Stanley in The Birthday Party defy the conventions of the society?
4. Would you accept the view that All My Sons is a drama of ideas?
5. Examine the dramatic conflict in Silence : The Court is in Session.
6. Discuss the improbabilities in She Stoops to Conquer.
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7. How does The Ecstasy of Rita Joe present the squalor and poverty of the native
Indians in Canada?
8. Comment on the historicity of Tughlaq.
PART B (4 15 = 60 marks)
Write essays on any FOUR of the following.
9. Only perfect freedom and communication make a true bond between man and
woman. Discuss this view with reference to A Dolls House.
10. Consider Dr. Faustus a Renaissance tragedy.
11. Do you agree with the view that The Cocktail Party is a comedy of manners?
Substantiate your answer.
12. Analyze
critically
the
theme
of
social
responsibility
in
All My Sons.
13. How far is it right state that the character of Tughlaq is an enigma to everyone?
14. Examine critically the moral as presented in Oedipus Rex.
15. Is it right to say that George Ryga is impressionistic in the presentation of the
scenes in The Ecstasy of Rita Joe?
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M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
LITERARY CRITICISM
Time : Three hours
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PART A (5 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. How does Sidney establish the superiority of poetry to other subjects?
2. What kind of language does wordsworth recommend for poetry?
3. Describe the three estimates explicated by Arnold in his "Study of Poetry".
4. What does Poe Say about the composition of his poem "Raven" in "The Philosophy
of composition"?
5. What according to Trilling is Friend's contribution to literary interpretation?
6. Describe Derrida's theory of deconstruction.
7. What does Hutcheon say about Ecological criticism?
8. What is Showalter's view of feminism?
PART B (4 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in about 400 words each.
9. How does Jung emerge as a Psycho analyst in his "Psychology and Literature"?
10. How does T.S. Eliot establish the view that tradition is more important than
individual talent?
11. What is Aristotle concept of tragedy?
12. Write an essay on Barthe "Criticism as Language".
13. Evaluate Showalter as a feminist.
14. What is your estimate of Frye as a critic?
15. Give an analysis of Arnold's study of different English Poets.
16.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
NEW MEDIA AND ADVERTISING
Time : Three hours
(b)
(c)
(d)
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(e)
13. Discuss the different Network Protocols and explain them in detail.
14. Describe the tools for developing New Media.
15. Discuss the sources of News and background information.
16. Explain the influence of media in social behaviour.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
SHAKESPEARE
Time : Three hours
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PART B (4 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Twelfth Night is a play of Mistaken identify - Discuss.
10. Narrate the dramatic significance of Proxy wooing in Much Ado About Nothing.
11. How far is falstaff a supreme comic creation of Shakespeare?
12. Is Antony a noble ruin of Cleopatra's magic? Substantiate your answer.
13. Examine the tragic flaw in Hamlet.
14. Narrate briefly the tragic end of Othella and Desdemona done to the villainous
deeds of Iago.
15. Fair encounter of Rase affection Discuss. This view with reference to mutual
affection and hard trails of Miranda and Ferdinand in The Tempest.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
FICTION
Time : Three hours
1. How far is Dr. Manette a man of truly great moral courage in A Tale of Two
Cities?
2. Discuss charlotte Bronte's beliefs on love from your reading of Jane Eyre.
3. Comment
on
the
significance
of
the
Pillory
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Scenes
in
of
alienation
in
Hawthorne's
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Time : Three hours
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12. Compare and contrast the characterizations of Vishal and Basu in Unarmed.
13. Describe the story of Malatis love for Madhava in Malati and Madhava.
14. Examine the farcical elements in Sambasiva.
15. Discuss how the title The Pleasure Dome suits its theme.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2010.
ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION
Time : Three hours
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