Bangalore University 2008 B.A Optional English V Sem--European and Non European Writings - Question Paper
V Semester B.A. Examination, Nov./Dec. 2008 (Semester Scheme)
OPTIONAL ENGLISH (Paper - VI)
European and Non-European Writing
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 90
Instruction : Attempt all questions.
SECTION-A Poetry
1. Answer one of the following : 15
a) Who mourns one woman in a holocaust ? How does Anna Akhmatova give a new perspective to the Biblical myth in this one sentence in Lots Wife ?
b) How do the speeches of Andromache and Hecuba present the plight of women in a patriarchal world ?
c) How does Symborska depict the loss of sensitivity to life in The End and the Beginning ?
2. Write a short note on any one of the following : 5
a) Burn me in The Burning of Books.
b) Cavafys attitude to life in Ithaka.
c) The sad souls in Canto III of Dantes Inferno.
3. Answer one of the following : 15
a) Examine the theme of alienation in The Guest.
b) War faithfully reflects the helplessness of ordinary people in times of war. Discuss.
c) In The Greatcoat, which, in your opinion was Akakys real punishment-death or the misery he had to live through ? Give reasons.
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SECTION - C Essays
4. Answer one of the following : 15
a) Bring out the main features of literary modernism and post modernism from your reading of Abrams.
b) How does Eagleton establish the relationship between literature and ideology ?
SECTION - D Drama
5. Answer one of the following : 15
a) Consider Oedipus as a tragic hero.
b) Comment on the role of the chorus in the play.
6. Write a short note on any one of the following : 5
a) Tiresias.
b) Irony in the play.
c) The Oracle.
7. Answer one of the following : 15
a) An enemy of the people is Ibsens reaction to mob verdicts. Substantiate.
b) Justify the statement that the play presents the conflict between idealism and self-interest in modem societies.
8. Write a short note on any one of the following : 5
a) Peter Stockmann.
b) The role of the media.
c) The public meeting at the end of the play.
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