Bangalore University 2008 B.A Optional English VI - Question Paper

1.a)who mourns 1 woman is a holocaust?how does anna akhmatova provide a new perspective to biblical myth in this 1 sentence in lot's wife?
b)how does speeches of andromache and hecuba current the plight of women in partial world?
c)how does symborska decipit the loss of sensitivity to life in 'the end and begning?
2.short note:-a)"burn me" in the burning of books?
b)cavafy's attitude to life in"ithaka"?
c)the sad souls in "canto III of dante's inferno"?
{section-b}answer 1 of following-
a)examine the alienation in "the guest"?.b)war faithfully reflects the helpnessness of ordinary people in times of war.discuss?.c)in the"great coat"which,in your opinion was akaky'sreal punishment-death or the misery he had to live throughgive reasons?.
[section-c]-essays:-a)bring out the main features of literary modernism an post modernism from your studying of abrams?.b)how does eagleton establish the relationship ranging from litretature and ideology?.
[section-d]ODEPUS REX:-5 a)consider odepus as a hero?.b)coment on the role of the chorus in the play?.
6.short note-a)tierasias (b)irony in the play (c)the oracle.
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE-7.ans 1 of the foll.a)an enemy of the people is ibsen's reaction to mob verdcts.substinate?.(b)justify the statement that the play presents the conflict ranging from idealism and self-interest in modern socities?.
8.write short note.(a)peter stockman (b)the role of the media (c)the public meeting at the end of the play

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