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English Literature
Paper-II
Time Allowed: Three hours Maximum Marks: 300
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
Candidates should attemptNos.1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions, selecting at least one from each Section.

SECTION-A
1. Write short notes on any three ofthe following: 20 x 3 60

Easter 1916 is Yeat's celebration ofmartyrs to the Irish cause.


Waiting for Godot is absurd yet not absurd.


The Unknown Citizen signifies the irony ofconformity to the norms of the government or establishment.


Look Back in Anger is a drama ofsocial protest.


2.
Eliot's poetry is deeply implicit in multilayers ofinterpretations. Discuss with particular reference to the poems prescribed for you. 60

3.
The variety ofAuden's style is so amazing that his work seems bewilderingly diverse. Amplifythestatementwitha criticaldiscussion ofAuden'sstylewith reference to the poems prescribed for you. 60

4.
Yeatswasmorethanaromantic...Andyethewasthelastromantic whosang of'Tradition a sanctity and loveliness'. Comment. 60


P.T.G.



SECTION-B

5. Read the following extract and write short answers to the questions given at the end ofit. Word limit 60 words for each question. 12 x 5 60
As long as you arejourneying in the interiorofthe Desertyouhave no particularpointto makeforyourrestingplace. The endless sandsyieldnothing but small shrubs, eventhese fail afterthe first ortwo days, and from that time you pass overbroad plains-you pass overnewly-formed hills-youpass through valleys dug outbythe lastweek's storm, and thehills and the valleys are sand, sand, sand, still sand and only sand and sand and sand again. The earth is so unchanged that youreyes turn towards heaven-towards heaven, I mean, in the sense ofsky. You look to the sun, for he is your task-master, and by him you know the measure ofwork that you have done, and the measure ofthe work that remains to be done. He comes when you strike your tent in the early morning, and then, for the first hour ofthe day, as you move forward on your camel, he stands at your near side, and makes you know that the whole day's toil is before you; then for a while, you see him nomore, foryouareveiledandcovered, anddarenotlookuponthegreatness ofhis glory, but you know where he strides overhead, by the touch ofhis flaming sword. No words are spoken, but yourArabs moan, your camels sigh, your skin glows, your shoulders ache, and for sights you see the pattern and the web ofthe silk that veils your eyes, and the glare ofthe outer light.
1.
Write briefly why the traveller in the Desert has no particular point to make for his resting-place.

2.
"The earth is so unchanged". Showhow the authorhas described this "unchanging" sceneveryvividly.

3.
How does the sun become the traveller's task-master?

4.
Explain: 'the touch ofhis flaming sword.'

5.
Analyse the total stylistic structure ofthe passage.


6.
A Portrait oftheArtist as a Young Man is the story ofStephenDedalus as an artist. Discuss. 60

7.
"Conrad's technical innovations wereparticularlyin the use ofthe narrators, the disruptionofnarrativechronology andthe employment ofpowerful ironic tone." Discuss. 60

8.
Analysethethematicstructure ofRajaRao'snovel Kanthapura. 60