2015
(November)
ENGLISH
(Major)
Course: 504
(Indian Writing in English)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Answer very briefly any eight of the following questions: 1x8=8
- Who established the Sanskrit College at Benaras in 1792?
- Who is the author of the work, The Reign of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy?
- What was the original name of Swami Vivekananda?
- In which year did Vinoba Bhave launch his land-gift movement?
- Name a novel written by Santha Rama Rau.
- Who wrote The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian?
- Name a travel book written by R. K. Narayan.
- When were the writers Workshop in Calcutta founded?
- When did Mahatma Gandhi sail for South Africa?
- In which year was the Bombay Amateur Theatre built?
UNIT – I
(History of Indian Writing in English)
2. Answer any one of the following questions:
- Given an account of the factors that paved the way for the growth of Indian English literature. 10
- Assess the contribution of either Ruth Prawer Jhabvala or Kamala Markandaya to the growth of novel in Indian writing in English. 10
- Write a note on the new poets of Indian English literature. 10
- Write short notes on any two of the following: 5x2=10
- Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.
- Khuswant Singh.
- Girish Karnad.
- Anita Desai.
- Autobiographies in 20th century Indian English literature.
- Two Leaves and a Bud or Midnight’s Children.
UNIT – II
(Fiction)
3. Answer any one of the following questions: 14
- Give a account of Moorthy’s first visit to a Parish House.
- Who was Range Gowda? How does Moorthy convince him to join the Congress Committee?
- Attempt a brief character sketch of either Bade Khan or Ratna.
4. Answer any one of the following questions: 14
- In Kanthapura ‘the past mingles with the present and the Gods mingle with men’ to create a story uniquely Indian in flavour. Comment.
- Examine Kanthapura as a Gandhian epic.
- Comment on Raja Rao’s portrayal of Indian under British rule and the Indian response to nationalism in Kanthapura.
UNIT – III
(Nonfictional Narrative)
5. Answer any one of the following questions: 10
- Describe the two unlikely events that helped the author Vikram Seth to get permission to visit Lhasa.
- Give an account of Seth’s stay in the oasis town of Turfan from your reading of From Heaven Lake.
- Describe, in detail, Vikram Seth’s journey to Heaven Lake.
UNIT – IV
(Poetry)
6. Answer any two of the following questions: 12x2=24
- Comment on Nissim Ezekiel’s depiction of a typical Indian rural scene in Night of the Scorpion.
- Attempt a critical appreciation of K. N. Daruwalla’s Gulzaman’s son.
- Jayanta Mahapatra’s Hunger ‘demystifies life in the so-called red-light zones’ by juxtaposing raw hunger for food and the carnal desire for sex. Discuss.
- A. K. Ramanujan’s poem, The Last of the Princes is ‘much more moving and subtle in presenting the decaying Indian kings’. Elucidate.
7. Critically analyze any two of the following extracts: 5x2=10
- My father, sceptic, rationalist,
trying every curse and blessing,
powder, mixture, herb and hybrid.
- They rag him, ‘Gulzaman, where is the son?’
They’re not funny, these jibes at his virility.
- They took their time to die, this dynasty
falling in slow motion from
Aurangzeb’s time:
some of bone TB
Others of a London fog that went
to their heads.
- The fisherman said: will you have her,
carelessly,
trailing his nets and his nerves, as
though his words
sanctified the purpose with which he
faced himself.
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