Past Paper Literature in English Around the World 2006 | M.A. English Part II (PU) | Eureka Study Aids

Attempt FOUR questions. You have to attempt at least ONE questions from each sections. All questions carry equal marks.

SECTION I - DRAMA

1. What do you think is the most powerful character in Lorea's The House of Bernarda Alba? Justify your answer with illustrations from the play.
2. Justify the title of Brain Friel's play Translations.

SECTION II - NOVEL

3. Discuss the dominant impression of African society as depicted by Ngugi in The River Between.
4. Examine the characterization in Solzhyretsin's novel A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitvh.

SECTION III - POETRY

5. With close reference to at least two poems examine poets appraisal of landscape or Nature.
6. Critically evaluate Daud Kamal's poem The Street of Nightingale's.
7. Compare and contrast Ben Okri and Achebe's poems.