Exam Details
| Subject | Indian English Literature | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Masters Degree Programme in English | |
| Department | School of Humanities (SOH) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
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IMEG-71
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH Term-End Examination 10755 June, 2016
MEG-7 INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain with reference to the context any four of the following passages in about 150 words each: 4x5=20
The new poets still quoted
the old poets, but no one spoke
in verse
of the pregnant woman
drowned, with perhaps twins in her,
kicking at blank walls
even before birth.
That language is a tree, loses colour under another sky.
When, finally, we reached the place,
We hardly knew why we were there.
Depressed and weary we march back to the lines
A leader says over the evening wireless,
"We are marching forward."
This is the kind of sadness which closes the eyes.
Here the memory for faces of the dead never appears.
I have no joys which are not yours, no
Aches which are not yours.
I too call myself I.
And Flora gave the lotus, "rose red" dyed,
And "lily-white," queenliest flower that blows.
2. Discuss the appropriateness of the title,Untouchable. (450 words) 20
OR
Comment on the nature of Gandhi's influence on Indian fiction in English. (450 words)
3. How does Anita Desai combine the personal and the political in Clear Light of Day? (450 words) 20
OR
Discuss Vikram Seth or Amitav Ghosh as travel writers. (450 words)
4. What are the various themes that Rushdie deals with in Midnight's Children? (450 words) 20
OR
Discuss the theme and technique of Dattani in Tara. (450 words)
5. What are the main elements of a short story? illustrate with the help of anyone of the short stories of your choice. (450 words) 20
OR
Comment on the theme of the East-West Encounter in Indian-English fiction. (450 words)
IMEG-71
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH Term-End Examination 10755 June, 2016
MEG-7 INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain with reference to the context any four of the following passages in about 150 words each: 4x5=20
The new poets still quoted
the old poets, but no one spoke
in verse
of the pregnant woman
drowned, with perhaps twins in her,
kicking at blank walls
even before birth.
That language is a tree, loses colour under another sky.
When, finally, we reached the place,
We hardly knew why we were there.
Depressed and weary we march back to the lines
A leader says over the evening wireless,
"We are marching forward."
This is the kind of sadness which closes the eyes.
Here the memory for faces of the dead never appears.
I have no joys which are not yours, no
Aches which are not yours.
I too call myself I.
And Flora gave the lotus, "rose red" dyed,
And "lily-white," queenliest flower that blows.
2. Discuss the appropriateness of the title,Untouchable. (450 words) 20
OR
Comment on the nature of Gandhi's influence on Indian fiction in English. (450 words)
3. How does Anita Desai combine the personal and the political in Clear Light of Day? (450 words) 20
OR
Discuss Vikram Seth or Amitav Ghosh as travel writers. (450 words)
4. What are the various themes that Rushdie deals with in Midnight's Children? (450 words) 20
OR
Discuss the theme and technique of Dattani in Tara. (450 words)
5. What are the main elements of a short story? illustrate with the help of anyone of the short stories of your choice. (450 words) 20
OR
Comment on the theme of the East-West Encounter in Indian-English fiction. (450 words)
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