DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Comment on the brother -sister relationship in the novel
Generations.
2. Why does Sivandha Perumal refuse to live with his wife
in Generations?
3. What is the theme of the novel unarmed?
4. What is the aptness of the title of the novel Cocoon?
5. Sketch the character of Malati in the drama Malati and
Madhava.
6. What is a farce?
7. Comment on the language of the poem pleasure

8. What are the rights discussed in the poem Rights of
the
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SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Analyse the elements of revolt and suffering in
Generations.
10. Discuss the social issues portrayed in the novel cocoon.
11. Attempt a critique of the novel unarmed.
12. Discuss the plot of the play Malati and Madhava.
13. Examine the element of farce in the play
Sambasiva-A Farce.
14. Attempt a thematic analysis of the poem black flag
in the hands of Ambedkar''.
15. Analyse the style of the poem Rights of the earth''.