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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIFTH SEMESTER NOVEMBER 2017
EL 5505 LITERATURE OF THE CHALLENGED
Date: 06-11-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
Answer the following in about 300 words each. × 20 100)
1. Discuss the instances of racial discrimination as present in the prescribed excerpts from
Shakespearean plays.

Consider the implications of Martin Luther's passionate appeal for racial justice for the black
community in his speech "I have a Dream."
2. Show how Sharankumar Umbale argues for a different aesthetics in interpreting Dalit literature as
the literature of the oppressed.

Attempt an analysis of Sangati as a Dalit feminist work focusing on the disadvantages suffered by
Dalit women.
3. Explicate the views on Feminism expressed by Shashi Deshpande with reference to the extract
"Telling our own stories."

How does Gita Aravumudan uncover the shocking tragedy of female infanticide and foeticide in the
chapter "Scientific Elimination"?
4. Analyse The Color Purple as a narrative portraying Celie's struggle with her sense of identity.

Examine Oorkali as a story that is a social commentary on the caste system and oppression.
5. With its emphasis on the oppression of African Americans would you agree with the view that Ralph
Ellison's Invisible Man is a tragedy of the United States of America? Elaborate.

Is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni successful in retelling the Mahabharata through a feminine point of
view in her novel The Palace of Illusions? Justify your answer.