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MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH Term-End Examination December, 2012 MEG-14 : CONTEMPORARY INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION Time : 3 hours

Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks. 1.

Discuss with reference to the context any four of the following passages : 4x5=20 (a) Yesterday or the day before - I met Whitman : I met Whitman talking aloud in solitude about the populace. (b) Fruits make me bow And then I crave to be sweet And linger on a palate (c) The moon looked like a pancake and The hills looked hungry; and the clouds put out The fire in western skies. (d) And finally, only two titanic tarantulas One black, the other with a crimson chest, Crept with slow hairy step, like skulkers of the night, and hauled her off to their invisible lair. (e) I have handed over, my notebook of poems Long back to Kabir. There is no Kabir in this market.

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P.T.O.

(f)

The Dark of the wall Louge for that moment of courage, When, in full sight of all, My hands Will stretch out For a drink.

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(a)

Samskara is at the interface of tradition and modernity, and explores a traditional society's potential to question itself and move ahead, incorporating necessary

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changes. Discuss. (450 words) OR (b)

Explain the title of the novel 'Tamils'. (450 words)

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(a) Discuss the metaphor of chess in 'Tughlak' (450 words)

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OR (b) Trace the relationship between the Sultan and Barani in Tughlak. (450 words) 4.

2x10=20

Discuss the following : (a) (i)

The plight of a poor woman in 'Tinny's Granny.' (200 words) OR

(ii) The first person narration in 'The Compromise'. (200 words) MEG-14

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(b) (i)

Issues of ecology and environment Vs the human problems of survival and sustenance in 'Salt'. (200 words)

OR (ii) The title of the story 'The Empty chest' (200 words) 5.

(a) Comment on Bama's reflections on caste 20 and gender politics in India. (450 words) OR (b) Despite being a very brief sketch of a single person, 'On Ismat' is a significant commentary on the society in which chughtai lives. Discuss. (450 words)

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The fire in western skies. (d) And finally, only two titanic tarantulas. One black, the other with a crimson chest,. Crept with slow hairy step, like skulkers.

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