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The document outlines the structure of the MEG-7 Indian English Literature exam for the Master's Degree Programme, including instructions for answering questions and the maximum marks. It consists of various sections requiring contextual explanations of passages, discussions on specific novels, character analyses, and critical essays. The exam covers works by notable authors such as Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Ruskin Bond, and Salman Rushdie.

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Meg 7

The document outlines the structure of the MEG-7 Indian English Literature exam for the Master's Degree Programme, including instructions for answering questions and the maximum marks. It consists of various sections requiring contextual explanations of passages, discussions on specific novels, character analyses, and critical essays. The exam covers works by notable authors such as Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Ruskin Bond, and Salman Rushdie.

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MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME


IN ENGLISH
Term-End Examination
June, 2021

MEG-7 : INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Answer all questions. All questions carry equal


marks.

1. Explain with reference to the context any four


of the following passages in about 150 words
each : 45=20

(a) Neglected, mute, and desolate art thou,


Like ruined monument on desert plain.

(b) Love came to Flora asking for a flower


That would of flowers be undisputed queen,
The lily and the rose, long, long had been
Rivals for that high honour.

(c) Voice of infinity, sound in my heart, –


Call of the One !
Stamp there thy radiance, never to part,
O living Sun.

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(d) A poet-rascal-clown was born,
The frightened child who would not eat
Or sleep, a boy of meagre bone.

(e) Dress in sarees, be girl


Be wife, they said. Be embroiderer,
be cook,
Be a quarreller with servants.

(f) The new poets still quoted


the old poets, but no one spoke
in verse
of the pregnant woman
drowned, with perhaps twins in her
kicking at blank walls
even before birth.

(g) Her last wish to be cremated here


twisting uncertainly like light
on the shifting sands.

2. Discuss the Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable as a


Gandhian novel. 20

OR

Discuss the narrative technique of Raja Rao’s


Kanthapura.

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3. Comment upon the importance of the character
of Raja in Desai’s Clear Light of Day. 20

OR
Write a critical essay on your understanding of
Hind Swaraj. What is the relevance of the Hind
Swaraj in the modern day context ?

4. Discuss R.K. Narayan as a short story writer. 20

OR
Discuss Ruskin Bond as a short story writer with
special reference to ‘‘No Room for a Leopard’’ ?

5. Discuss Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children as a


postcolonial novel. 20

OR
Comment on the plot of Mahesh Dattani’s Tara.

MEG-7 3 P.T.O.

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