Anna University Chennai 2011-3rd Year B.A English , ( ) ( part - iii ) ( - x ) 750indian writing in - Question Paper
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2011
(ENGLISH)
( 3rd YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - X )
750. INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
( Including Double Degree & Lateral Entry )
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3. How do Toru Dutt excel in her objective description of the casuarina tree ?
4. Give an account of Radhakrishnans attitude towards religion.
5. How does Radhakrishnan estimate national leaders like Gandhi and Nehru ?
6. What is Nirad Chaudhuris opinion about life in India ?
7. Consider Aurobindos/ersews, the Deliverer as representative piece of Indian Drama.
8. Discuss Tagores The Post Office as a pathetic tale of human bondage.
9. Comment on the Indianness of the play, The Dumb Dancer.
10. Write on the transformation of Raju from his role as a tourist guide to that of a spiritual guide.
11. Consider Anands Untouchable a protest novel.
12. Discuss the appropriateness of the title of Kushwant Singhs Train to Pakistan.
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(ENGLISH)
(THIRD YEAR)
( PART - III)
( PAPER - X )
750. INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH (Including Double Degree & Lateral Entry )
May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
I. Annotate FIVE of the following passages, choosing atleast TWO from each group :
(5x4 =20)
GROUP- A
1. The trip had darkened every face,
Our deeds were neither great nor rare.
2. May the sins of your previous birth
be burned away to night, they said.
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3. And he left us
A Changed mother And more than One annual ritual.
4. Now she looks for the swing In cities with fifteen suburbs And tries to be innocent About it.
5. What else can you do ? The gutumn son and the damp are both very bad for the little fellow-for the scriptures have it.
6. He had a bamboo staff on his shoulder with a small bundle at the top, and a brass pot in his left hand, and an old pair of shoes on; he was making for those hills.......
7. It is a land of wonders: It is a haunt of birds. No men are there.
8. All pain is gone : How fresh and open! I can see all the starts twinkling from the other side of the dark.
9. It is one reservior, from which, in different directions, things flow, and we have to understand the basis of unity which prevails.
10. The country has had a tradition in religion that it is not a matter of doctrine or dogma or viles; it is a matter of mans encounter with the ultimate mystery of the world.
11. We have been able to maintain the stability and cohesion of our country because we have given them a purpose, and we have had magnificent leadership and, as far as possible, an honest administration.
12. He wanted children to grow into responsible citizens and he wanted elders to have the spontaneity and tolerance of children.
II. Answer FOUR of the following questions not
omitting any section : (4 x20=80)
1. Comment on the Indian sensibility as found in the prescribed poems of Nissim Ezekiel.
2. Consider Kamala Das, a confessional poet.
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