Maharashi Dayanand University (MDU) 2009 M.A English Modern Fiction and Dra of (Final) supplementary held in ember, - Question Paper

Time allowed: three hours

Maximum marks: 80

Note: ques. No. one is compulsory. Attempt 4 other ques. choosing at lowest 1 from every of the 4 parts. All ques. carry equal marks.

1. Attempt all 4 of the subsequent ques. in about 200 words choosing at lowest 1 from every part.

part one

a) Briefly comment on the role of Mrs. Moore in A Passage to India.

b) Comment on the title of Lucky Jim.

part two

a) Comment on the intellectual tone of the play (Arms and the Man).

b) Comment on the ending of the play Waiting for Godot.

part three

a) Comment on the character of Tom Buchanan in Great Gatsby.

b) discuss the subsequent lines from The Assistant:

"If you live, suffer. a few people suffer more, but not because they want. But I think if a Jew don't suffer for the Law, he will suffer for nothing". What do you suffer for, Morris?" Frank stated. "I suffer fro you," Morris stated calmly.

part four

a) How do you relate Death of a Salesman with American idea of success?

b) Comment on George's decision to kill the factions son in Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

part one

2. How and why does Forster try to shift theme of the novel from history to philosophy? (A Passage to India).

Or

Comment on the structure of the novel A Passage to India.

3. How do the differences ranging from what characters think and what they say add to the humor of Lucky Jim?

Or

What role does Carol Goldsmith fulfill in the structure of the novel? How is she various from the other characters? (Lucky Jim)

part two

4. In Arms and the Man Shaw exposes the hallowness of the popular beliefs regarding both love and war.

Or

explain Arms and the Man as a comedy of ideas.

5. What is the dramatic importance of Godot in Becket's play Waiting for Godot.

Or

Comment on the structure of the play Waiting for Godot.

part three

6. explain Gatsby's character as Nick perceives him throughout the novel. What makes Gatsby "great"?

Or

What is Nick like as a narrator? Is he reliable storyteller, or does his version of events seem suspect? How do his qualities as a character effect his narration?

7. Helen Bober lends Frank Alpine copies of Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment and Madame Bovery. How do the plots of these novels relate to that of the Assistant? (The Assistant)

Or

explain the character of Ida Bober. Is she presented in sympathetic or unsympathetic light? What is her importance in the novel's plot? (The Assistant).

part four

8. It is the mutual interaction ranging from individual responsibility and social causation that creates the crisis in Miller's Death of a Salesman. explain.

Or

Comment on the intricacy of human relationships in Death of a Salesman.

9. Write an extended note on the dramatic art of Elbee with reference to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Or

Fun and games from the texture, tone and locus of meaning in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. explain.

Earning:   Approval pending.