MJP Rohilkhand University 2010 M.A English ----m.j.p.runiversity,bareilly,u.p. - Question Paper
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M. A. (Final) EXAMINATION, 2010
(New Course)
(Only for Private Students) ENGLISH Paper Second
Cfiventieth Century English Literal
Time : Three Hours ] [ Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Attempt all questions as per instructions. Unit-I
1. Explain with reference to the context the following passages adding critical con ments
wherever necessary :
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Then a damp gust Bringing rain
Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves Waited for rain, while the black clouds Gathered far distant, over Himavant. The jungle crouched, hamped in silence. Then spoke the thunder DA
Datta : What have we given ?
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White bodies naked on the low damp
ground
And bones cast in a little low dry garret, Rattled by the rats foot only, year to year. But at my back from time to time I hear The sound of horns and motors, which shall
bring
Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the spring.
And I shall have some peace there, for.
peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where cricket sings There midnights all a glimmer, and noon a
purple glow, And evening full of the linnets wings.
Or
O sages standing in Gods holy fire As in the gold mosaic of a wall,
Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre, And be the singing-masters of my soul, Consum- my heart away; sick with desire And fastened to a dying animal It knows not what it is; and gather me Into the artifice of eternity.
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(c) They never forgot
That even the dreadful martyrdom must
run its course
Anyhow in a comer, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life
and the torturers horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
Or
She looked over his shoulder
For ritual pieties,
White flower-garlanded heifers.
Libation and sacrifice,
But there on the shining metal
Where the altar should have been, She saw by his flickering forge-light Quite another scene.
(d) Life is first boredom, then fear.
Whether or not we use it, it goes,
And leaves what something hidden from
us chose,
And age, and then the only end of age.
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Its specially-chosen junk,
The good books, the good bed,
And my life, in perfect order :
So to hear it said.
UnitII
2. Answer any one of the following questions in about 800 words : 16
(a) Write a critical appreciation of The Waste Land.
(b) Describe in detail the lyrical quality in the poems cf W. B. Yeats.
(c) Discuss with example the elements of symbolism and imagery used in the poetry of W. H. Auden.
Express your opinion on Larkins use of isolation and alienation as the major themes in his poetry.
3. Answer any one of the following questions in about 800 words : 16
(a) What image of Godot have you interpreted
from the play and what purpose does he serve in Waiting For Godot ?
Jtfj Elaborate the theme of isolation in The Power And the Glory.____
(c) Describe the salient features of William Golding as a novelist.
(d). Elabofate the Oedipus complex in context with Sons And Lovers.
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(b) passion
(c) ambition
(d) morality
(ii) What is the full name of W. B. Yeats ?
(a) Walter Butler Yeats
(b) William Buckler Yeats
(c) Willie Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats
The source of The Shield of Achilles is :
(a) Paradise Lost Homers epic
(c) Dante
(d) None of these
(my In which poem do these lines appear : And age, and then the only eacLof age ? Dockery and Son
(b) Faith Healing
(c) ChurchGoing
(d) Poetry of Departures
(v) Who among the following ones is blind in Waiting for Godot ?
(a) Vladimir
(b) Estrogen c) Pozzo
(d) Lucky
Unit-III
4. Answer any five of the following questions in
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about 100 words each :
(a) Explain the symbolic significance of Datta, Dayadhvam and Damayata as described by Eliot in The Waste Land.
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(b) Write a short note on the metaphysical element in Yeats.
Ac) Describe in brief the theme of Musee Qes Beaux Arts. j(d) Illustrate death and pessimism as important themes in Larkins poems.
(e) Elucidate the dramatic significance of the Pozzo-Lucky episode in the theme of Waiting for Godot. r(f) Describe the priest in The Power And 'Ihe Glory as a sinner as well as a saint.
(g) Describe in your own words the tragic death of Piggy.
/(h) Write a short note on the autobiographical
irs.
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5. Choose the correct answers from the given |
options. Attempt all questions.
(i) The theme of The Waste Land is :
(a) spiritual sterility
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