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MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH
Term-End Examination

June, 2005

MEG-7 : INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100

1. Annotate any four of the following (about 150 words each) : (4x5=20)

(i) "But of what colour ?" - "Rose-red", love first chose
Then prayed, - "No, lily-white, - or, both provide";
And Flora gave the lotus, "rose-red" dyed,
And "lily-white" - the queenliest flower that blows.

(ii) Voice of infinity, sound in my heart, -
Call of the one !
Stamp their thy radiance, never to part,
O living Sun.

(iii) In everything, a bitter thought
So, in an English cargo-ship
Taking French guns and mortar shells
To Indo-China, scrubbed the decks,
And learned to laugh again at home.

(iv) ..... I am lndian, very brown, born in
Malabar; I speak three languages, write in
Two, dream in one.

(v) ..... Probably
only the Egyptians had it right;
their kings had sisters for queens
to continue the incests
of childhood into marriage.

(vi) A temple stands frail and still
in the disiance, as though lost in reverie.

(vii) Sweet as grapes
are the stones of Jejuri
said Chaitanya

2. Assess the prose writings of Swami Vivekanand and Sri Aurobindo in terms of their contribution to the propagation of Indian thought. (400 - 450 words) (20)

OR

Compare and contrast the views and attitudes of Jawaharlal Nehru and Niirad C. Chaudhuri towards fheir country as revealed in their autobiographies. (400 - 450 words)

3. What are the main features of Raja Rao's narrative technique in Kanthapura ? Discuss with appropriate examples. (400 - 450 words) (20)

OR

"Mulk Raj Anand's novels portray indian social problems realistically." Discuss with reference to the novel, Untouchable. (400-450 words)

4. 'Anita Desai has contributed immensely to Indian - English fiction. Discuss with special reference to Clear Light of Day. (400 - 450 words) (20)

OR

Bring out the irony and humour in the stories of R.K. Narayan prescribed for you. (400 - 450 words)