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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -ENGLISH LITERATURE
THIRD SEMESTER APRIL 2018
16UEL3MC03- NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
Date: 08-05-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
PART A
I. Answer any EIGHT of the following in about 75 words each:
1. Under the glimmer of stars and the purple of sunsets dying,
Wan and waste and white, stretch the great lakes away.
2. Happy
With the form of my legs
Prepared to run through all the stages of the world.
3. But you can't attribute to either
Awareness of what great gloom
Stands in a land of settlers
With never a soul at home.
4. For freedom without discipline is anarchy; discipline without freedom is tyranny.
5. And we sit together, waiting for the moon,
And for your grace to sparkle in every shadow
6. For discipline allows the orderly conduct of affaires; It is the means by which decisions are implemented not the way they are made.
7. Where are the tribes, the feathered bestiaries?
8. Oh, boss… If I be machine that need only gas I be all right mebbe….
9. We all have to live within the law and uphold it. Ours is a civilized country you understand, don't you?
10. I go nothing….Nothing….no wallet, no money, no name. I got not post… no future… nothing, sementos! I nobody.
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PART B
II. Answer any SIX of the following in about 100 words each:
11. What does Northrop Frye say about the Canadian society?
12. Bring out the significance of the poem Poor PoorCountry.
13. How does Klien mourn the extinction of the culture of the Red Indians?
14. Sketch the feelings of a slave woman for her unborn child.
15. Why is the tragic tale of the Indian's brother recounted by the protagonist?
16. Write a note on the impact of colonialism as reflected in the novelThings Fall Apart.
17. Comment on the narrative pattern of thestoryShooting the Moon.
PART C
III. Answer any FOUR of the following in about 250-300 words each: (4x10=40)
18. Write an essay on the interdependence of freedom and development. Do you agree with Nyerere that development, freedom and discipline could lead to the development of nation? Sate your views with reference to our country.
19. Bring out the theme alienation in House and Land.
20. Analyse Soyinka's Telephone Conversation with reference to the use of language, style and theme.
21. How does George Ryga highlight the loss of identity of the Indians?
22. Critically analyse the appropriateness of the title The Loons.
23. Write an essay on the Igbo culture and community values depicted in the novel Things
Fall Apart.