DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (Eng.) (Addl. Degree) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
MODERN AND POST MODERN LITERATURE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following questions.
1. Consider T.S. Eliot as a religious poet with reference to
the poem 'The Journey of the Magi'.
2. Justify the title of the poem 'The Second Coming'.
3. Why does the poet Seamus Heaney feel a sense of guilt in
him?
4. Write a note on the character of Torvald in the play
A Doll's House.
5. Compare and contrast Vladimir and Estrogon in the play
Waiting for Godot.
6. Justify the title of the novel The Midnight's Children.
7. Write on the seven commandments made by animals in
the novel Animal Farm.
8. Sketch the character of Mrs. Dalloway.
Sub. Code
32/108
DE-2382
2
wk 3
PART B — x 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Write a critical appreciation of W.B. Yeat's poem
Prayer for my Daughter'
10. How does Heaney use the Themes of childhood and loss of
innocence in his poem 'Death of a Naturalist'?
11. Write a note on the plot of the play A Doll's House.
12. How does Beckett portray the characters in his play
Waiting for Godot?
13. How does Woolf use of symbolism advance her thematic
goals in her novel Mrs. Dalloway.
14. Justify the title of the novel Animal Farm.
15. Bring out the significance of any one of the word famous
speeches.
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