B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Fifth Semester
English Literature
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH I
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Why does the Casuarina tree wail?
2. What is the name of Queen Gulnaar's husband?
3. How do the wet stones and the dry stones look like?
4. How is the husband's artificial life symbolized in "Old
Play house"?
5. What are Indriyas?
6. How did the Himalayas attract Nehru?
7. What was done to the dead body of Tipu?
8. Who was Poornaiya?
9. Why did Krishna resign his lecturership?
10. How long does the spirit of Susila stay with Krishna at
the end?
Sub. Code
4BEN5C1
AFF-4245
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Ws15
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions.
11. Comment on the use of figures of speech in 'Our
Casuarina Tree'.
Or
Why does Gulnaar look upon her daughter as her
rival?
12. How do the peasants react to the mother's pain?
Or
Write a paragraph about irony in the poem
"A River".
13. Why does Vivekananda use the analogy of the
poem?
Or
Write a paragraph on Tagore's longing to go to
school?
14. How does Girish Karnad use the supernatural
elements in his play "The Dreams of Tipu Sultan"?
Or
How does Girish karnad Juntapose historical and
fictitious characters?
15. Explain Krishna's spiritual communion with Susila.
Or
What is Krishna's reaction towards the principal
Brown's action?
AFF-4245
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Ws15
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following.
16. Whom does Queen Gulnaar regard as her rival? Why?
17. Write an essay on the incompatibility between the wife
and the husband referring Kamala Das's "The Old Play
house".
18. What unforgetable experiences did Tagore go through,
when teaching began?
19. Write an essay on the dreams of 'Tipu Sultan'.
20. Bring out the salient features of "The English Teacher".