University of Mumbai 2007 B.A English-II(il-07) - Question Paper

(i) The translations in Indian English.

(ii) The Writing of the diaspora.

(iii) 'Spiritualism' in pre-independence Indian Poetry.

Write short note on any one of the following    10

(i) The title of the novel 'The Binding Vine¹

(ii) Appreciate the poem 'Father Returning Home'.

(iii) Narrative technique of Shashi Deshpande in the novel 'The Binding Vine'.

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Prescribed Texts

(1)    Dangle, Arjun : Homeless In My Land

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Holmstorm, Laxirti : The Inner Courtyard

(2)    Dhondy, Farrukh : Poona Company'

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Nagarkar, Kiran : Ravan and Eddie

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Ghosh Amitav : The Shadow Lines

(3)    Mehrotra, Arvind Krishan : The Oxford Indian Anthology of Twelve Modem Indian Poets : (Arun Kolatkar, Dilip Chitre, Eunice De¹ Souza,

Agha Shahid Ali, Vikrairi Seth)

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(Background to Indian Writing in English and Indian Literature in Translation 1900 to present)

1.    (a) Trace the development of Indian Writing in English in the Colonial Period.

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(b)    Comment on the contribution of Sri Aurobindo, Rabindranath Tagore and Sarojini Naidu to Indian Poetry in English in the Pre-independence period.

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(c)    Assess The Contribution of the diaspora to Indian Writing in English.

2.    (a) Show* how the stories in "The Inner Courtyard" highlight the discrimination

against women in Indian Society.

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(b)    Examine how economic dependence often leads to many anti-woman traditions in Indian Society. Illustrate your answer with reference to "Chauthi Ka Jaura" or "The Meeting".

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(c)    Briefly account for the disadvantage encountered by Dalit Woman with reference to any two stories you have read from "Homeless In My Land".

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(d)    The Dalit story writers have focussed on the struggle for survival due to the attitude of Caste and gender-based authority-substantiate your answer with reference'to any two stories you have studied.

3.    (a) Interpret "Ravan and Eddie" as a post-modernist Novel.

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(b) The stories in "Poona Company" distinctly enphasize Parai Identity. Discuss.

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Write a note on the role and character "Samson" as portrayed in the story.

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Show how the narrator reflects the principle character "Tridip" in the novel "The Shadow Lines".

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Justify the title of the novel "The Shadow Lines".

Discuss the themes of "Ajamait and the Tigers". Show how they are co-related with the theme of "The Railway Station".

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Assess Eunice De'Souza as a 'Woman Poet'. Give examples from the poems you have studied.

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How does Agha Shahid Ali use the subject of exile in his poems. Comment.

Write a note on any one of the following (i) R. K. Narayan as a Social Realist.

(ii) The Modernity in Indian Writing in English,

(iii) Women Novelists in the post-Independence Era.

(b) Write a note on any one of the following

(i) 'Post Card from Kashmir' by Agha Shahid Ali.

(ii) 'The Bus' and 'Crabs'.

(iii) 'The Storeyed House',

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