B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Fourth Semester
English Literature
COMMON WEALTH LITERATURE
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What are the rivers mentioned in the poem "The Negro
Speaks of Rivers"?
2. List out the colours mentioned in the poem "Telephone
conversation".
3. What are the symbols used in Atwood's "journey to the
interior"?
4. What is the age of the child in "Refugee Mother as a
teacher"?
5. Write a note on "Flux and reflent is inevitable" in
"Novelist as a teacher".
6. Why does communism spread?
7. Which scene is central to the play of "Rita Joe"?
8. How was Rita Joe booked in a prostitution case?
Sub. Code
4BEN4C3
AFF-4244
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WS3
9. What are the Christian symbols used in
10. What is the theme of the novel
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions.
11. What aspect of human biology does the speaker
compare to rivers in "The Negro Speaks of River"?
Or
How would the tone be described in the poem
"Telephone Conversation"?
12. What are the techniques used in the poem "Journey
to the Interior"?
Or
What is the theme of the poem "Clock and Heart"?
13. What does Achebe expect from students and
teachers?
Or
What type of world government is favoured by
Radha Krishnan?
14. How are Rita and Jaimie Paul murdered?
Or
What are the theatrical devices used by Ryga in
"The Ecstasy of Rita and Joe"?
15. Write a paragraph on the plot of "Voss".
Or
Bring out the character sketch of "Laura".
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WS3
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following.
16. Attempt a sociological approach to the poem "Telephone
conversation".
17. Explain the attitude of a mother to a child, as pictured by
Chinua Achebe in his poem "Refugee, Mother as a
Teacher".
18. Discuss how far Achebe has defended his idea in his
essay, "The Novelist as a Teacher".
19. "The Ecstasy of Rita Joe" a problem play. Discuss.
20. Examine as a historical novel.
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