UG/CBCS/B.A./Hons./2nd Sem./English/ENGCC3/2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL B.A, Honours 2nd Semester Examination, 2019 (CC3-ENGLISH INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE AND INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH Time Allotted: 2 Hours Full Marks: 60 The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Candidates should answer in their own words and adhere to the word limit as practicable. GROUP- 1. Answer any one from the following questions: 10x1 = 10 (2) Write an essay on the discourse of love and marriage in Abhijnana Shakuntalam. oR (&) Discuss the role of Dushyanta. (©) How does ‘The Temptation of Karna’ project Kama as one, completely invulnerable to temptation? OR (@) ‘The Dicing episode provides a critique of the heroic ideal in The Mahabharata’. — Critically comment. (©) Critically analyse the title of Mrchhakatika, OR (© In Mrchhakatika, “The heroine is not a coy maiden but a public woman who exercises a sexual/social choice by choosing merit over money’. Discuss. GROUP-B 2. Answer any one from the following questions: 101 =10 (@) Critically analyse Swami’s character and role in Swami and Friends. OR (&) Write an essay on the blending of humour and pathos in Swami and Friends. (©) Comment on the portrayal of the women characters in In Custody. OR (@ Critically discuss Desai’s use of irony in In Custody. 2035 1 Turn OverUG/CBCS/B.A./Hons./2nd Sem./English/ENGCC3/2019 GROUP-C 3. Answer any two from the following questions: 5x2=10 (@) How is Sudrak portrayed in the prologue of Mrchhakatika? (b) Why was Shakuntala cursed? (©) Describe the hermitage of Kanva. (@) Why did Kama refuse to be united with the Pandavas? (©) Comment on the ending of Swami and Friends. (©) Who or what is in custody in In Custody? GROUP-D 4. Answer any one from the following questions: 10x1 = 10 (@) Explore the social message delivered in “The Orphan Girl". (®) Consider Kamala Das as a confessional poet with reference to her poems on your syllabus. (©) Comment on Ezekiel’s representation of motherhood in The Night of the ‘Scorpion. (@) Critically appreciate Jayanta Mahapatra’s Dawn at Puri. GROUP-E 5. Answer any.one from the following questions: 10*1=10 (a) Comment on the comic absurdity in ‘Two Lady Rams’. (b) Critically examine ‘The Free Radio’ as a short story. (©) Write an essay on the role of the narrator in ‘Swimming Lesson’. (@) Critically analyse the title of ‘The Intrusion’. GROUP-F 6. Answer any fo from the following questions: 5x2=10 (@) Comment on the idea of freedom in ‘Freedom of the Slave. (b) How does Kamala Das describe her Grandmother's house? (©) Comment on the ‘desert patch’ in ‘Enterprise’. (d) Comment on the central idea of ‘Hunger’. (©) How is the old retired teacher described in ‘The Free Radio"? (© Comment on ‘the game’ played by the old man in the lobby. (g) Comment on the ending of ‘The Intrusion’. (a) What was the ‘awful domestic predicament’ that Lalla Jhinda Ram was thrown into at the conferment of the title of Knighthood? 2035 BIaR a rn Daa wr aa Kl awh ce uses ad S7 I ee UG/CBCS/B.A./Hons./2nd Sem,/English/ENGCC4/2019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL B.A. Honours 2nd Semester Examination, 2019 (CC4-ENGLISH BRITISH LITERATURE: OLD ENGLISH PERIOD TO 14TH CENTURY Time Allotted: 2 Hours Full Marks: 60 The figures in the margin indicate full marks Candidates should answer in thelr own words and adhere to the word limit as practicable. GROUP. 1, Answer any one question from the following: ~ 151 =15 (a) Attempt a comparison between Caedmon and Cynewulf as religious poets. (b) Write an essay on the origin and development of the English Drama. (c) Discuss the development of Old English prose with special reference to King Alfred, GROUP-B 2. Answer any three questions from the following: 10*3 =30 (a) Critically analyse Beowulf as an Old English heroic poem. (6) Write an essay on the portrayal of the women characters in Beowulf, (©) Critically discuss the character and role of Piers the Ploughman. (@) Examine Piers the Ploughman as an allegorical poem. (@) Write an essay on the characterization of the Wife of Bath. (f) What is the theme and purpose of the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer? GROUP-C 3. Answer any three questions from the following: 5x3 =15 (a) Describe the sword of Hrothgar. (b) Comment on the opening of Beowulf. (©) How are the plowers described in the Field of Folk? (@ Comment on the allegorical description of Christ as a Knight in Piers the Ploughman. (©) Why does Chaucer use the framework of pilgrimage for his Canterbury Tales? (f) Discuss the Seven Deadly Sins in Piers the Ploughman. cee 2036 1