POST-GRADUATE COURSE
Assignment : June-2020
ENGLISH ( Paper-VII : Indian English Literature and Indian Literature in Translation )
SECTION – A
Answer any two of the following questions : 20 × 2 = 40
1. Discuss Rabindranath Tagore's idea of bondage and freedom in Red Oleanders. Click Here
2. Write a short note on the poetry of Derozio as including both Romantic and nationalist ideals. Click Here
3. Critically discuss R. K. Narayan's portrayal of the character of Raju in his novel The Guide. Click Here
4. Discuss how the politics of communalism is critiqued in Dattani's play, Final Solutions. Click Here
SECTION – B
Answer any three of the following questions : 14 × 3 = 42
5. Write a short note on Toru Dutt's use of imagery in any one of the poems in your syllabus. Click Here
6. Comment on Raja Rao's use of the English language in Kanthapura as embodying the spirit of postcolonial India. Click Here
7. Comment on Mulk Raj Anand's novel Untouchable as a realistic portrayal of the injustice of the caste system. Click Here
8. Why did Tagore think the western civilisation was crumbling ? Was he right in thinking so ? Click Here
9. Compare and contrast the roles of Aziz and Aazam in Karnad's Tughlaq. Click Here
10. Briefly discuss how Anita Desai's novel Clear Light of Day works through a set of contrasts. Click Here
SECTION – C
Answer any two of the following questions : 9 × 2 = 18
11. Comment briefly on any one character which Tendulkar uses to satirize society in his play, Silence ! the Court is in Session. Click Here
12. Critically discuss Sarojini Naidu's poem 'Village Song' as a lyric. Click Here
13. Locate and annotate the following lines :
'Thank God the scorpion picked on me
and spared my children.' Click Here
14. What discussions did Nehru have with his listeners about Mother India in the public meetings he addressed ? Click Here
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