MAEG-11
December - Examination 2015 MA (Final) English Examination
Canadian Literature Paper - MAEG-11
Time : 3 Hours ] [ Max. Marks :- 80
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections A, B and C.
Section - A 8 x 2 = 16
Note: Section A contains 08 very short answer type questions.
All questions in this section are compulsory. Each question is of 2 marks and maximum word limit will be 30 words.
1) (i) Name two novels of Margaret Laurence prescribed in your syllabus.
(ii) Who wrote ‘Such a long journey’?
(iii) ‘DOC’ was written by whom?
(iv) In ‘Sons must Die’ there are three women protagonist.
Name them.
(v) Joe and David are characters from which novel.
(vi) When was ‘The Stone Angel’ published?
450
MAEG-11 / 100 / 3 (1) (P.T.O.)
MAEG-11 / 100 / 3 (2) (Contd.) 450
(vii) What is the theme of ‘This is a photograph of me;.
(viii) Name two poems of poet A L Purdy prescribed in your syllabus.
Section - B 4 x 8 = 32
Note: Section B contains 08 short answer type questions.
Examinee will have to answer any 04. Each question shall be of 08 marks and maximum word limit will be 200 words.
2) What themes do we generally come across in the poetry of E J D Pratt? Discuss.
3) Write a note on narrative techniques of Alice Munro’s novel
“Who Do You Think You Are”.
4) Discuss the uniqueness of Canadian Drama.
5) Elucidate ‘Sharon Pollock’ as a distinguished Dramatist.
6) Uma Parameswaran in her drama ‘Sons Must Die’ describe different experiences of immigration. Discuss.
7) ‘F. R. Scott’ was a socialist and a social reformer. Critically analyse through his poems.
8) Give the critical analysis of the poem ‘The Cariboo Horses’.
9) Do you think Marvin’s act was justified in treating his mother the way he did in the novel?
MAEG-11 / 100 / 3 (3) 450
Section - C 2 x 16 = 32
Note: Section C contains 04 long answer type questions and examinee will have to answer any 02 questions. Each question shall be of 16 marks and maximum word limit is 500 words each.
10) Elucidate in your words the story of Mistry’s ‘Such a Long Journey’.
11) Discuss the conflicts of characters in detail of ‘The Fire Dewellers’.
12) Throw light on the major works of Margaret Atwood.
13) How is Canadian sensibility and identity expressed by Northrope Fry.
