Maharashi Dayanand University (MDU) 2009 M.A English Literature & Gender of (Final) supplementary held in ember, - Question Paper

Time allowed: three hours

Maximum marks: 80

Note: Attempt 5 ques. in all, including the compulsory ques. No. 1. select 1 ques. every from parts A, B, C and D. All ques. carry equal marks.

1. Write a brief note (about 200 words each) on the following:

a) Toril Moi on Kate Millet's Sexual Politics.

Or

Simone de Beauvoir's views on woman as 'immanence'.

b) Significance of Big Ben in Mrs. Dalloway.

Or

The mother of Celic in Colour Purple.

c) Significance of the title of A Street Car Named Desire.

Or

Crowd in the trial scene in Nagamandal.

d) Title of "The Wild Bougainvillaea".

Or

Title of "Everyday Use".

part A

2. provide a critical account of Toril Moi's treatment of 'Anglo-American Feminist Criticism'.

Or

Toril Moi's critique of A Madwoman in the Attic.

3. Write a detailed note on woman as "the absolute other".

Or

Simone de Beauvoir as an existentialist feminist.

part B

4. Mrs. Dalloway as novel of protest against patriarchal forms of authority.

Or

The use of interior monologue in Mrs. Dalloway.

5. Write a detailed note the use of epistolary form in Colour Purple.

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trend of imagery in Colour Purple.

6. Examine critically That Long Silence as a treatment of power politics in man-woman relationship.

Or

explain Shashi Deshpande as a novelist with a narrow canvas.

part C

7. explain A Street Car Named Desire as a study of woman as 'the other'.

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Write a detailed critical note on Tennessee Williams's art of characterization in A Street Car Named Desire.

8. Analyze the use of myths in Nagamandal.

Or

Critically examine the ending of Nagamandal.

part D

9. explain the note of nostalgia in the poetry of Kamala Das.

Or

The tragedy of life lies not in death but in growth. explain with suitable illustrations from the poems of Kamala Das.

10. Analyze in detail the use of the myth of Draupadi in "Draupadi".

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Examine critically the mother – daughter relationship from the perspective of race, class and gender in "Everyday Use".

Earning:   Approval pending.