Exam Details
| Subject | indian writing in english | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | November, 2017 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
English
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What does Tagore mean by "Gitanjali"?
2. What is an "Obituary"?
3. Mention any two prose writings of Jawaharlal Nehru.
4. What does the dance of Shiva represent?
5. How does Nathan earn his livelihood?
6. How many children does Rukmani have?
7. What does Jaya want to write?
8. Why did Jaya become aggressive?
9. Name any four Indian dramatists writing in English.
10. What is the source of Girish Karnad's Hayavadhana?
Sub. Code
4MEN1C2
AFF-4733
2
wk12
Section B X 5 25)
Answer the following choosing either or
11. Bring out the similarities among the Poet, Lover
and Birdwatcher.
Or
How does Sarojini Naidu describe the Coramandal
Fishers?
12. What ideas does Jawaharlal Nehru convey through
his Essential Nehru?
Or
How does Ananda K. Coomaraswamy convey his
aesthetic sensibility through "The Dance of Shiva"?
13. Comment on the backdrop of Nectar in a Sieve.
Or
Sketch the character of Rukmani.
14. How does Shashi Deshpande portray the dilemma of
married women in That Long Silence?
Or
What role does Mohan play in That Long Silence?
15. Give an account of Hayavadhana.
Or
What does Mahesh Dattani signify by "final
solutions"?
AFF-4733
3
wk12
Section C 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Account for the universal appeal of Gitanjali.
17. Examine Nehru as a prose writer with special focus on
Essential Nehru.
18. Analyze the theme of East-West confrontation in Nectar
in a Sieve.
19. Consider Shashi Deshpande as a feminist writer.
20. Discuss the plot construction of Hayavadhana.
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First Semester
English
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What does Tagore mean by "Gitanjali"?
2. What is an "Obituary"?
3. Mention any two prose writings of Jawaharlal Nehru.
4. What does the dance of Shiva represent?
5. How does Nathan earn his livelihood?
6. How many children does Rukmani have?
7. What does Jaya want to write?
8. Why did Jaya become aggressive?
9. Name any four Indian dramatists writing in English.
10. What is the source of Girish Karnad's Hayavadhana?
Sub. Code
4MEN1C2
AFF-4733
2
wk12
Section B X 5 25)
Answer the following choosing either or
11. Bring out the similarities among the Poet, Lover
and Birdwatcher.
Or
How does Sarojini Naidu describe the Coramandal
Fishers?
12. What ideas does Jawaharlal Nehru convey through
his Essential Nehru?
Or
How does Ananda K. Coomaraswamy convey his
aesthetic sensibility through "The Dance of Shiva"?
13. Comment on the backdrop of Nectar in a Sieve.
Or
Sketch the character of Rukmani.
14. How does Shashi Deshpande portray the dilemma of
married women in That Long Silence?
Or
What role does Mohan play in That Long Silence?
15. Give an account of Hayavadhana.
Or
What does Mahesh Dattani signify by "final
solutions"?
AFF-4733
3
wk12
Section C 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Account for the universal appeal of Gitanjali.
17. Examine Nehru as a prose writer with special focus on
Essential Nehru.
18. Analyze the theme of East-West confrontation in Nectar
in a Sieve.
19. Consider Shashi Deshpande as a feminist writer.
20. Discuss the plot construction of Hayavadhana.
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