Exam Details
| Subject | Contemporary Indian Literature in English Language | |
| 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
No. of Printed Pages: 4 IMEO-14I
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN
ENGLISH
Term-End Examination
June, 2016
03665
MEG-14 CONTEMPORARY INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss with reference to the context any four of the following passages in about 150 words each: 4x5=20
Sermons were shouted.
Gossips were floated.
Palms were read.
Tea and biscuits were distributed.
Then, her sudden demise was sadly lamented:
What makes one hundred fat heads hang-
The load of wisdom
The weight of reverence?
The burden of shame?
But in the east
The wood nymphs lit the moon's cooking stove
In whose soft glow shoots of the steaming rice
Seemed to spring upon the hills.
Our children are about to enter
these lonely kitchens.
Come, for their sake,
let's demolish
these kitchens now!
Such tumult in the heart
is altogether new.
I do not know if
on a bend of my life
or of the path to the river
a discomfiture lies in ambush,
I have handed over, my notebook of poems
long back to Kabir.
There is no Kabir in this market.
Only I stand here.
2. The protagonist of Samskara is caught between tradition and modernity. Discuss. (450 words) 20
OR
Tamas captures the historical consequences of the partition in human terms. Discuss. (450 words)
3. Discuss how Tughlak dramatizes the protagonist's love of power and its subsequent collapse. (450 words) 20
OR
Tughlak is "a split personality representing the deep-rooted dualities of human nature". Discuss. (450 words)
4. Discuss the following: (450 words) 2x10=20
The depiction of poverty and hunger in Birthday. (225 words)
OR
Granny as a tragic character in Tiny's Granny. (225 words)
Toradoi's relationship with the empty chest. (225 words)
OR
Manohar's interaction with his aunt and what it teaches him. (225 words)
5. Is the title of Amrit Rai's biography of Premchand, Kalam ka Sipahi (The Soldier of the Pen) appropriate? Discuss. (450 words)
OR
How does Manimahesh combine history and legend, reality and myth? (450 words)
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN
ENGLISH
Term-End Examination
June, 2016
03665
MEG-14 CONTEMPORARY INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss with reference to the context any four of the following passages in about 150 words each: 4x5=20
Sermons were shouted.
Gossips were floated.
Palms were read.
Tea and biscuits were distributed.
Then, her sudden demise was sadly lamented:
What makes one hundred fat heads hang-
The load of wisdom
The weight of reverence?
The burden of shame?
But in the east
The wood nymphs lit the moon's cooking stove
In whose soft glow shoots of the steaming rice
Seemed to spring upon the hills.
Our children are about to enter
these lonely kitchens.
Come, for their sake,
let's demolish
these kitchens now!
Such tumult in the heart
is altogether new.
I do not know if
on a bend of my life
or of the path to the river
a discomfiture lies in ambush,
I have handed over, my notebook of poems
long back to Kabir.
There is no Kabir in this market.
Only I stand here.
2. The protagonist of Samskara is caught between tradition and modernity. Discuss. (450 words) 20
OR
Tamas captures the historical consequences of the partition in human terms. Discuss. (450 words)
3. Discuss how Tughlak dramatizes the protagonist's love of power and its subsequent collapse. (450 words) 20
OR
Tughlak is "a split personality representing the deep-rooted dualities of human nature". Discuss. (450 words)
4. Discuss the following: (450 words) 2x10=20
The depiction of poverty and hunger in Birthday. (225 words)
OR
Granny as a tragic character in Tiny's Granny. (225 words)
Toradoi's relationship with the empty chest. (225 words)
OR
Manohar's interaction with his aunt and what it teaches him. (225 words)
5. Is the title of Amrit Rai's biography of Premchand, Kalam ka Sipahi (The Soldier of the Pen) appropriate? Discuss. (450 words)
OR
How does Manimahesh combine history and legend, reality and myth? (450 words)
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