Gujarat University 2007 B.A TA-10 English Special -VII (New ) _ Texts :_Nagamandala - Girish Karnad Indian Poetry - Edited by Makrand Paranjipe Voices in the city - Anita Desai - Question Pa

TA-10
English Special Paper-VII (New Course)


Seat No :


Texts : Nagamandala - Girish Karnad

Indian Poetry - Edited by Makrand Paranjipe

Voices in the city - Anita Desai


Time : three Hours] [Max. Marks : 70


Instructions : (1) All ques. carry equal marks.
(2) Mention clearly the choice you attempt.



1. (a) What does Girish Karnad want to convey through his play Nagamandala ? 14
Analyse the play critically.

OR

(b) Evaluate Rani’s character as a symbol of Indian womanhood, with a combination 14
of many virtues.

OR

(c) Write a note on other minor characters of the play, including Rani’s husband

Aparna, showing the dramatist’s art, of play-writing. 14

2.
(a)
‘Voices in the City’ is a panorama of Indian life, existing at many places
with a variety of characters. 14
OR

(b) Justify Nirode’s character as a typical modern male of our society who lives 2 lives _ 1 external and other internal.
OR

(c) Give a sketch of Anita Desai, an Indian writer, writing in English, with an 14
eye on Indian atmosphere.

3. (a) Examine Aurobindo as a religious poet. 14

OR

(b) Comment on Nissim Ezekiel’s poems as love poems. 14

OR

(c) Write a note on various patterns of modern poems as written in India. 14



4. Write short-notes on any 2 : 14
(i) Poems of A.K. Ramanujan
(ii) Justify the title - “Nagamandala (iii) Anita Desai’s art as a novelist (iv) Poems of Dom Moraes


5. Show your acquaintance with any seven, of the subsequent givng the name, 14
year of publication and the kind of work it is : (i) Train to Pakistan
(ii) A Suitable Boy
(iii) Shame
(iv) Coolie
(v) Fire and the Rain
(vi) Binding Vine
(vii) The Wreck
(viii) Fire on the Mountain (ix) The City and the River (x) River Sutra

Earning:   Approval pending.