M.A-M.A Education FICTION (Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012)

DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A.(English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
FICTION
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. How does Sydney Carton regain his spirit at the end?
2. How did Jane spend for childhood days at Gateshead hall?
3. Why does Mrs. Morel shift her love to Paul?
4. Explain stream of consciousness technique. How does James Joyce make use of this technique in his novel Ulysses?
5. Why is Pearl so in different?
6. Comment on the narrative technique of Gunter Grass.
7. How is the relationship between David and Anna?
8. Why does Voss set out to cross the Australian Continent?
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Comment on the expedition made by Voss and his party.
10. “Separation is the major theme of Surfacing” – Discuss.
11. Justify the title Crime and Punishment.
12. How does Hemingway portray love in A Farewell to Arms?
13. How does D.H. Lawrence interpret female psyche?
14. How does Charlotte Bronte depict the patriarchal society in Jane Eyre?
15. What is the social realism found in A Tale of Two cities?
 

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