DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
FICTION
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Draw a character sketch of Madame Defarge.
2. How and why does Sydney Carton save the life of Charles
Darnay?
3. Write briefly on Mrs. Morel's unhappy married life with
her husband.
4. Comment on the ending of the novel, Ulysses.
5. Why does Arthur Dimmesdale suffer from heart trouble
in The Scarlet Letter?
6. Write a paragraph on how Oskar becomes a successful
drummer in a Jazz band.
7. Comment on the religious symbolism is in Voss.
8. Write briefly on the end of the novel, Surfacing.
Sub. Code
22
DE-2593
2
WS 20
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following questions.
9. Trace the life story of Jane Eyre.
10. Comment on the Oedipal overtones in D.H. Lawrence's
Sons and Lovers.
11. How does Ernest Hemingway portray the grim reality of
war in Farewell to Arms?
12. Discuss the significance of the title, "The Scarlet Letter".
13. Analyse the major themes and plot structure of
Dostoesosky's Crime and Punishment.
14. Write in detail about the expedition headed by Johann
Ulrich Voss.
15. Describe the happenings in the island in Atwood's
Surfacing.
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