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No.

of Printed Pages : 4 MEG-141

MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMME .

IN ENGLISH
Term-End Examination
MEG-14 : CONTEMPORARY INDIAN
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
TRANSLATION
Time : 3 Hours] (Maximum : Marks : 100

Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal


marks:

Discuss with reference to the context any four of


the following passages: 4x5=20
(a) The blind eagles, quite incapable of looking
behind;
Grieving eagles who never ever had any
loved one;
The eagles who never ever had any loved
one;
Eagles crying out in sharp shrill notes;
The eagles of the under-world burst into the
sky

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(b) Lifeless fields stretch scorched and dry
Like death in silence.

(c) What impudence in the sunlight!


The wind's thoughts are wandering,
as though it has seen the long-banished lover

living in disguise

in the neighbourhood.

(d) Death does not come to all of us in the same


manner
nor do the dead become equal in death

for they were not so before.

(e) Atom or Atman


Which of these do your scientists

Strive after?

(f) The dark of the wall


Longs for that moment of courage

When, in full sight of all,

My hands

Will stretch out

For a drink

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2. Samskara is a modern novel of existential
dilemma. Discuss. 20

OR

Tamas is not merely a graphic description of


violence and drama. Discuss with examples.

3. Comment on the elements of modernity in the


character of Tughlaq. 20

OR

Compare the roles of Aziz and Aazam in the play


Tughlaq.

4. Write short notes on any two of the following:


2x10=20

(a) The depiction of jungle in "Tadpa"

(b) Significance of the title "Tiny's Granny".

(c) The art of story-telling in "The Compromise"

(d) The symbolic meaning of the title in "The


Empty Chest"?

MEG-14/ 5440 (3)


Manimahesh is more a personal memoir than an
objective travellers' guide to the land and its
people. Do you agree? Give a reasoned answer
20

OR

Do you think Manto's pen-portrait of Ismat lacks


objectivity? Illustrate.

(4) MEG-14/ 5440

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