Exam Details
| Subject | elective – diasporic literature | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | April, 2018 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Second Semester
English
Elective DIASPORIC LITERATURE
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What is the setting and political background of the novel
A Fine Balance?
2. Why does On and Ishvar come to the city?
3. What forms the backshop for Midnight's children?
4. Explain magical realism.
5. What does Sudha wish for on a shooting star?
6. Why is Anju unable to travel with Sunji?
7. What is a novella?
8. How does Amit in "Wife" die?
9. What is Gokhaland movement?
10. What is Cho Oyu in The Inheritance of Loss?
Sub. Code
7MEN2E2
AFS-0483
2
WS3
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. Describe the life of Maneck Kohlah.
Or
Bring out the significance of the title A Fine
Balance.
12. Examine Rushdies treatment of Time in Midnight's
Children.
Or
Trace the role of Saleem Sinai in Midnight's
Children.
13. Write a short note on the bonding between Anju and
Sudha in The Sister of My Heart.
Or
Describe the strained relationship between Sudha
and her father.
14. Discuss Dimple's like in the U.S.A.
Or
Write a note on the Feminine anguish explored in
the novel wife.
15. What problems does Biju face in the U.S.A.?
Or
Jemubhai Patel is a man living in his past glories
Anlyse.
AFS-0483
3
WS3
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. How is Cruetty and Corruption portrayed in A Fine
Balance?
17. Consider Rushdie's Midnight Children as a political nvel.
18. Discuss the theme of search for identity in the novel
Sister of My Heart.
19. Compare and contrast the structural society of India and
the liberated society of New York as seen in the novel
wife.
20. The Inheritance of Loss is a novel that sprawls across two
continents Analyse.
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Second Semester
English
Elective DIASPORIC LITERATURE
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What is the setting and political background of the novel
A Fine Balance?
2. Why does On and Ishvar come to the city?
3. What forms the backshop for Midnight's children?
4. Explain magical realism.
5. What does Sudha wish for on a shooting star?
6. Why is Anju unable to travel with Sunji?
7. What is a novella?
8. How does Amit in "Wife" die?
9. What is Gokhaland movement?
10. What is Cho Oyu in The Inheritance of Loss?
Sub. Code
7MEN2E2
AFS-0483
2
WS3
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. Describe the life of Maneck Kohlah.
Or
Bring out the significance of the title A Fine
Balance.
12. Examine Rushdies treatment of Time in Midnight's
Children.
Or
Trace the role of Saleem Sinai in Midnight's
Children.
13. Write a short note on the bonding between Anju and
Sudha in The Sister of My Heart.
Or
Describe the strained relationship between Sudha
and her father.
14. Discuss Dimple's like in the U.S.A.
Or
Write a note on the Feminine anguish explored in
the novel wife.
15. What problems does Biju face in the U.S.A.?
Or
Jemubhai Patel is a man living in his past glories
Anlyse.
AFS-0483
3
WS3
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. How is Cruetty and Corruption portrayed in A Fine
Balance?
17. Consider Rushdie's Midnight Children as a political nvel.
18. Discuss the theme of search for identity in the novel
Sister of My Heart.
19. Compare and contrast the structural society of India and
the liberated society of New York as seen in the novel
wife.
20. The Inheritance of Loss is a novel that sprawls across two
continents Analyse.
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