Exam Details
| Subject | literature and gender studies | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | alagappa university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | April, 2017 | |
| City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2017
Second Semester
English
LITERATURE AND GENDER STUDIES
(CBCS 2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions in about a sentence or two each.
1. What does the 'wedding ring 'symbolize in the poem
"Aunt Jennifer's Tiger"?
2. How does Kamala Das view the institution of marriage?
3. How does Barret Browning describe the dual nature of
Pan?
4. How does the Negro Hero protect the country, according
to Gwendolyn Brooks?
5. How does Walter think women should treat their men?
6. What does Asagai represent to Beneatha?
7. What was the original occasion of "A Room of One's
Own"?
8. How, according to Kate Millet, is the greatest single cause
of injury to women?
Sub. Code
701503
RW-083
2
Sp7
9. What is the meaning of the cake Marian serves Peter at
the novel's end?
10. Why does Sita compare herself to a prisoner in the house?
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each.
11. What is the effect of Plath's choice to write the poem
from a mirror's perspective?
Or
Comment on the attitude of the speaker towards
Aunt Jennifer.
12. Comment on Judith Wright's symbolism in Woman
and Man.
Or
How does Gwendolyn Brooks comment on the
ironies that arise out of the intersection of race and
the military?
13. How is Beneatha different from other Younger
family members?
Or
Discuss the ways in which the setting of Raisin has
a profound effect upon two of the characters.
14. What, according to Woolf, is the role of tradition in
the experience of a women writer?
Or
What is sexual politics, according to Kate Millet?
RW-083
3
Sp7
15. Write a note on the setting of the novel The Edible
Woman.
Or
Write a note on the symbolism in Where Shall We
Go This Summer?
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions in about 500 words each.
16. Comment on Kamala Das' feminine sensibility and
protest against male supremacy in "The Old Playhouse."
17. Attempt a critique of Barret Browning's "A Musical
Instrument."
18. Consider A Raisin in the Sun a play of Dreams.
19. Bring out the three major perspectives involved in Kate
Millet's "Sexual Politics."
20. Examine Anita Desai's expression of feminine sensibility
in Where Shall We Go This Summer?
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Second Semester
English
LITERATURE AND GENDER STUDIES
(CBCS 2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions in about a sentence or two each.
1. What does the 'wedding ring 'symbolize in the poem
"Aunt Jennifer's Tiger"?
2. How does Kamala Das view the institution of marriage?
3. How does Barret Browning describe the dual nature of
Pan?
4. How does the Negro Hero protect the country, according
to Gwendolyn Brooks?
5. How does Walter think women should treat their men?
6. What does Asagai represent to Beneatha?
7. What was the original occasion of "A Room of One's
Own"?
8. How, according to Kate Millet, is the greatest single cause
of injury to women?
Sub. Code
701503
RW-083
2
Sp7
9. What is the meaning of the cake Marian serves Peter at
the novel's end?
10. Why does Sita compare herself to a prisoner in the house?
Part B x 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each.
11. What is the effect of Plath's choice to write the poem
from a mirror's perspective?
Or
Comment on the attitude of the speaker towards
Aunt Jennifer.
12. Comment on Judith Wright's symbolism in Woman
and Man.
Or
How does Gwendolyn Brooks comment on the
ironies that arise out of the intersection of race and
the military?
13. How is Beneatha different from other Younger
family members?
Or
Discuss the ways in which the setting of Raisin has
a profound effect upon two of the characters.
14. What, according to Woolf, is the role of tradition in
the experience of a women writer?
Or
What is sexual politics, according to Kate Millet?
RW-083
3
Sp7
15. Write a note on the setting of the novel The Edible
Woman.
Or
Write a note on the symbolism in Where Shall We
Go This Summer?
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions in about 500 words each.
16. Comment on Kamala Das' feminine sensibility and
protest against male supremacy in "The Old Playhouse."
17. Attempt a critique of Barret Browning's "A Musical
Instrument."
18. Consider A Raisin in the Sun a play of Dreams.
19. Bring out the three major perspectives involved in Kate
Millet's "Sexual Politics."
20. Examine Anita Desai's expression of feminine sensibility
in Where Shall We Go This Summer?
————————
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