Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) 2007-2nd Year Post Graduate Diploma Journalism (Oriya) ASSIGNMENTS AND MODEL S M.AENGLISH – -2008 - Question Paper

Min. marks: 28
Note: ans any 5 of the subsequent ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. Why did Puritanism emerge as the hegemonic American ideology in the course of less than a century?
2. Examine the narrative technique and structure of The Scarlet Letter.
3. explain the twin themes of freedom and slavery in Huckleberry Finn.
4. What were the essential aspects of the transcendentalist school of writing? Do Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman necessarily inhabit the identical literary tradition?
5. Comment on the significance of the title When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed.
6. Attempt a critical appreciation of Adrienne Rich’s Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law.
7. How does Faulkner integrate the theme of Ike’s ‘invitation’ with that of ‘colour line’ in The Bear?
8. explain how Death of a Salesman attempts to go beyond the boundaries of social drama to emerge as a tragedy.
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PAPER seven (INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE)
Time: three hours Max. marks: 70
Min. marks: 28
Note: ans any 5 of the subsequent ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. Compare and contrast Vikram Seth and Amitav Ghosh as authors of travelogues.
2. Write a detailed note on the picture of colonial India that emerges from the novel Untouchable.
3. How does Raja Rao convey the spirit of Indian life through a foreign medium in Kanthapura?
4. Critically comment on the structure of the novel Clear Light of Day written by Anita Desai.
5. Write an essay on the characterization and the element of suspense in R.K. Narayan’s An Astrologer’s Day.
6. What is Ramanujan trying to convey through the poems Self Portrait and River?
7. What according to Dattani are the challenges that language poses to the Indian English dramatist.
8. explain the major themes of Tara.
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PAPER eight (NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH)
Time: three hours Max. marks: 70
Min. marks: 28
Note: ans any 5 of the subsequent ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. Analyse how Patrick White stands both inside and outside the Australian canon for literature.
2. explain Ngugi’s views on the British colonial rule in Kenya as depicted in his writings.
3. What, according to Soyinka, is the link ranging from Yoruba religion and Yoruba tragedy?
4. Briefly explain the ambivalence of the narrative voice in Ice-Candy Man and the purpose it serves.
5. Write a critical account of the relationship ranging from history and language in Walcott’s poetry.
6. What is your assessment of Patrick White’s characterization with reference to The Solid Mandala?
7. explain the theme of self-alienation in The Stone Angel.
8. provide a brief assessment of Naipaul’s House for Mr. Biswas.
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PAPER nine (AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE)
Time: three hours Max. marks: 70
Min. marks: 28
Note: ans any 5 of the subsequent ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. Examine the significance of oral tradition in the study of Australian literature.
2. Do you obtain Cambridge’s poetry capable of handling and projecting anti-establishment ideas on poverty and woman’s subjugation? Illustrate .
3. Analyse the myth of the pioneer legend with reference to Arthur Hoey davis’ Cranky Jack.
4. explain Moschus Moschiferus by A.D. Hope as a poem of protest.
5. How does Patrick White current the interweaving of dream and vision in his Voss? explain.
6. Explore the pressures exerted by gender-stereotyping in Harwood’s sonnet In the Park and show how the sonnet form is ideal for intensification of pressure.
7. explain the narrative technique in David Malouf’s Remembering Babylon.
8. Critically examine the major themes and techniques in The Removalists.
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PAPER 10 (ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA)
Time: three hours Max. Marks: 70
Min. Marks: 28
Note: ans any 5 of the subsequent ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. What is the contribution of the social reform movement in India to the institutionalization of English Studies in India?
2. Critically comment on the contribution of Henry Derozio to English Studies in India.
3. What do you understand by melodrama? Do you think that Rajmohan’s spouse has melodramatic features? provide reasons for your ans.
4. explain the importance and role of English in modern India.
5. Critically evaluate the role and function of the English teacher in India.
6. What is the relationship ranging from criticism and literature?
7. elaborate the problems and issues in the construction of a feminist canon of Indian English writing?
8. What tools does Chinua Achebe use in his analysis of Heart of Darkness?
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PAPER 11 (AMERICAN NOVEL)
Time: three hours Max. Marks: 70
Min. Marks: 28
Note: ans any 5 of the subsequent ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. Critically examine the plot in Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans.
2. explain Sister Carrie as a Novel of Ideas.
3. Examine the relationship of the plot and the crucial scenes in the structure of The Great Gatsby.
4. provide an estimate of Faulkner as a novelist.
5. “Stylistically Black Spring is a dazzling book, the work of a rampant imagination intoxicated with words.” explain.
6. Critically examine the main themes in The Catcher in the Rye.
7. explain how the narrator, Todd Andrews, lends design and structure to The Floating Opera.
8. Comment on the cyclic structure of Momaday’s House Made of Dawn.
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PAPER 12
A SURVEY COURSE IN 20TH
CENTURY CANADIAN LITERATURE)
Time: three hours Max. Marks: 70
Min. Marks: 28
Note: ans any 5 of the subsequent ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. How does Canadian drama in the post 1967 period compare with British drama since the middle of the 20th century?
2. Write the characteristic features of Helen Farnham ? With whom do you sympathize more - the mother or the daughter? Why?
3. What do you understand by the term “Diaspora”? How does the Diasporic consciousness get reflected in Canadian writing in general?
4. What is meant by Naturalism? discuss in relation to Realism.
5. explain the main contribution of Margaret Lawrence and Margaret Atwood to Canadian fiction.
6. What is The Green Rain mainly about?
7. elaborate the various stages of Canadian history from the 1st settlers to the current stage?
8. What is poetic about the style and language of Surfacing?

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