Gujarat University 2005 B.A Political Science Third Year - English - VII Sp New - Question Paper

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English Special Paper-VII (New Course)

Texts : Nagamandala - Girish Karnad

Indian Poetry - Edited by Makrand Paranjipe Voices in the city - Anita Desai

Time : 3 Hours]    [Max. Marks : 70

Instructions : (1) All questions carry equal marks.

(2) Mention clearly the option you attempt.

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

Analyse the play critically.

OR

(b)    Evaluate Ranis 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 Ranis husband 14 Aparna, showing the dramatists art, of play-writing.

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 Nirodes character as a typical modern male of our society who

lives two lives - one 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 Ezekiels poems as love poems.    14

OR

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

4.    Write short-notes on any two :    14

(i)    Poems of A.K. Ramanujan

(ii)    Justify the title - Nagamandala

(iii)    Anita Desais art as a novelist

(iv)    Poems of Dom Moraes

5. Show your acquaintance with any seven, of the following givng the name,    14

year of publication and the type 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

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