Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2009-1st Year M.A English " MODERN LITERATURE " PG 562 2 / MEG 12 - Question Paper
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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION JANUARY, 2009.
First Year English
MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75
I. Answer any THREE of the following questions in about 50 words each : (3 x 5 = 15)
1. What are the features of Georgian poetry?
2. Comment on the world-view presented in the theatre of the Absurd.
3. Which are the important groups involved in the experimental theatre?
4. Who are the major prose writers of the Georgian era?
5. Explain the term, confessional poetry.
II. Answer any THREE of the following questions in about 150 words each: (3 x 10 = 30)
6. Write a note on Angry Theater.
7. What is Dylan Thomas attitude to death as shown in DO NOT Go Gentle into That Good Night?
8. What do the four tempters represent in Murder in the Cathedral?
9. Write a note on Morlocks in The Time Machine.
10. Why does D.H. Lawrence consider the novelist superior to the philosopher and the scientist?
III. Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 300 words each : (2 x 15 = 30)
11. What is the reason for Nora leaving her family in the end of the play?
12. Maurya commands our admiration with her equanimity in the face of repeated tragedies. Do you agree?
13. Trace the evolution of Jim as Tuan Jim.
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