M.A-M.A English 2nd Sem Paper - 2.2 : English Literature from 1832 to 1980(University of Pune, Pune-2013)

M.A. (Part - I) (Semester - II)

ENGLISH

Paper - 2.2 : English Literature from 1832 to 1980

(2008 Pattern)

Time : 3 Hours]                                                                                               [Max. Marks : 80

Instructions to the candidates:

1) All questions are compulsory.

2) All questions carry equal marks.

Q1) Explain any four with reference to their context in the light of the following

points:

Significance of the extract.

Imagery/Symbolism.

Allusions.

Diction/Style.

Literary background.

The pulse in the arm, less strong and stronger –

Given or lent? more distant than stars and nearer than the eye Whispers and small laughter between leaves and hurrying feet Under sleep, where all the waters meet.

My feet are locked upon the rough bark.

It took the whole of Creation

To produce my foot, my each feather:

Now I hold Creation in my foot

Exact conclusion of their hardiness

Has no shape yet, but from known whereabouts

They ride, directions where the tires press. They scare a flight of birds across the field: Much that is natural, to the will must yield. Men manufacture both machine and soul,

And use what they imperfectly control To dare a future from the taken routes.

I parted the blades above

the tunnel and saw the thin trail of broken white across

litter, I would never have

imagined the slow passion to that deliberate progress.

All this was a long time ago, I remember,

And I would do it again, but set down

This set down

This: were we lead all that way for

Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly,

We had evidence and no doubt. I have seen birth and death,

But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.

Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs:

Despite the artful tensions of the calendar, The life insurance, the tabled fertility rites,

The costly aversion of the eyes from death – Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs.

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Q2) Write short notes on any two of the following in not more than 400 words

each:

Eliot’s delineation of the predicament of modern man in “The Love Song

of J. Alfred Prufrock”.

“Hawk Roosting” as a depiction of the tendencies of the megalomaniac.

The theme of ‘death and birth’ in “Journey of the Magi”.

The significance of passion in “Considering the Snail”.

Q3) Attempt any one of the following in not more than 800 words:

a)       Write a detailed note on the themes of The Birthday Party.

b)       Discuss how The Birthday Party brings out the failure of communication.

Q4) Attempt any one of the following in not more than 800 words:

a)  How does the character of the Whisky Priest evolve from that of an

            escapist to a martyr?

b)  Discuss The Power and the Glory as a Biblical allegory.

Q5) a) Write short note on any one of the following in not more than 400

              words:

i)        The structure of The Birthday Party.

ii)       The absurd in The Birthday Party.

b)       Write short note on any one of the following in not more than 400

words:

i)        Use of irony in The Power and the Glory.

ii)       Significance of the title The Power and the Glory.

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