MA English is` Semester Syllabus Syllabus Choice Based Credit Semester System Revised with effect from 2011 admission Implemented. in the University depastmen., approved ders issued. GENERAL AND ACADEMIC BRANCH - IV `B' SECTION NO.GA.1V/B2/5505/10(i) Dated, Calicut University P.G, 17.08.2011. Read: 1. U.O. No.GAI/JI/1373/08 dated 01-07-2008 2. U.O. of even No, dated 22-12-2008 3. Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Studies in English (PG) held on 27-06-2011 (Item number 2) 4. Letter dated 22-07-2011 from the Head of the Department, English forwarding the revised syllabi. S. ders of the Vice-Chancellor in file of even no. dated 08-08-2011. ORDER Vide University der read first above, orders were issued implementing the Choice based Credit Semester System in the teaching Departments/ School of the University with effect from 2008 admission onwards. Vide University der read second above MA English syllabus - Choice based Credit Semester System was implemented in the University Teaching Department with effect from 2008 admission. Vide paper read as 3rd above the Board of Studies in English (PG) at its meeting held on 27-06-2011 vide item number 2 discussed and approved the revised syllabus of Pt Semester MA English under (Choice based Credit Semester System) to be implemented in the University department with effect from 2011 admission. The vice-chanceubi aster -having considered the urgency and exercising the powers of the Academic Council has approved item no.2 of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Studies in English held on 27-06-2011 subject to ratification by the Academic Council vide paper read as 5th above. Sanction has therefore been accorded for implementing the revised scheme & syllabus of Pt Semester MA programme in English under Choice based Credit Semester System in the University Teaching Department with effect from 2011 admission. To ders are issued accordingly. The syllabus is appended herewith. The Head of the Department Department of English University of Calicut. Copy to: CE/Ex Sec./PG DR/AR/Tabulation Section/ GA I 'F' Section Shahanas \GA ;V \E32 der,5505-10 (i)-24-08-2011.doc Sd/- DEPUTY REGISTRAR (G&A - IV) For REGISTRAR Forwarded/By der SECTION FFICER
Proposed revision in Syllabus MA Programme Core Courses I Semester (4 credits each course) ENG 1 COl ENG 1 CO2 ENG 1 CO3 ENG 1 C04 ENG 1 CO5 British Literature 14'1' Century to the Elizabethan Age Indian Writing in English History of English Language Literary Criticism and Theory Part I Postcolonial Writings II Semester (4 credits each course) ENG 2 C06 British Literature 17th & 18'h Century ENG 2 C07 American Literature -I ENG 2 CO8 Literary Criticism and Theory -2 III Semester ENG 3 C09 Introduction to Linguistics ENG 3 C10 American Literature -II ENG3 C11 British Literature 19'h Century IV Semester ENG 4 C12 20th Century and Contemporary British Literature (4 credit) ENG 4 C13 Dissertation / Project (8 credits)
Elective Courses II Semester (4 credits each course) ENG 2 E01 ENG 2 E02 ENG 2 E03 ENG 2 E04 ENG 2 E05 World Drama Indian Writing in English Translation Canadian Literature Literature of the Marginalized Translation Theory & Practice III Semester (4 credits each course) ENG 3 E06 206 Century Arabic Literature in English Translation ENG 3 E07 Introduction to Cultural Studies ENG 3 E08 Women's Writing ENG 3 E09 Post 1980 Indian Writings in English IV Semester (4 credits each course) ENG 4 El0 ENG 3 El 1 ENG 3 E12 ENG 3 E13 Malayalam Literature in English Translation Literary Theory An In-depth Study Ecology and Literature Teaching of English
ENG1C01 British Literature: Fourteenth Century to the Elizabethan Age (Q0 M WA) Credits 4 English Literature in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Chaucer, Langland, Gower, Thomas Malory Ballads, the impact of the introduction of printing Religious pamphlets, early translations of the Bible. The stirrings of the Renaissance sonnets Spenser, Wyatt and Surrey Elizabethan Drama: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Ben Johnson Elizabethan Prose Bacon King James' Bible Geoffrey Chaucer William Langland Edmund Spenser Philip Sydney Thomas Wyatt Henry Howard (Earl of Surrey) Shakespeare Texts for study Poetry The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales ( Neville Coghill's translation) Piers the Plowman (Selection in Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918. "Prothalamion" "Love in truth and fain my love in verse to show" "They Flee from Me." "A Complaint by Night of the Lover, not the Beloved." "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" "My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun." Francis Bacon Christopher Marlowe Shakespeare Ben Johnson Prose Of Studies, Of Truth Drama Doctor Faustus Hamlet, As you like it, Everyman in His Humour
Panel of Question Paper Setters 1. Dr Jamuna B S, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University Phone: 9497621662. 2. Dr Saji Mathew, Reader, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone: 9847237570 3.. Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram. Phone: 9446203008. 4.. Dr Sherine Upot, Professor, School of Distance Education, MG University, Kottayam. Phone: 9447558619. 5.. Dr K M Krishnan, Reader, School of Letters, M G University, Kottayam Phone: 9447179486 Panel of Examiners 1. Dr Saji Mathew, Reader, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone: 9847237570 2. Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram. Phone: 9446203008. 3. Dr Sherine Upot, Professor, School of Distance Education, MG University, Kottayam. Phone: 9447558619. 4. Dr K M Krishnan, Reader, School of Letters, M G University, Kottayam. Phone: 9447179486 5. Dr Meena S Pillai, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvanathapuram. Phone: 9495919749. LI
Scheme of Questions 1. Four essay questions carrying 12 marks each (with three choices each). One question each will relate to poetry, prose, drama and literary history of the period. 2. Four questions (short write-ups of about one page) carrying 5 marks each(two choices for each question) One questions each will relate to poetry, prose, drama and literary history of the period. 3. Four short questions (to be attempted in not more than 100 words) carrying 3 marks each (two choices for each question). One questions each will relate to poetry, prose, drama and literary history of the period. Model Question Paper MA (English) I Semester Examination (CCSS) ENG1C01 - British Literature: Fourteenth Century to the Elizabethan Age Time: 3 hours Marks: 80 I. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Compare and Contrast Chaucer and Langland as poets writing in the same age and social milieu. b) Attempt a description about the transformation of English poetry in the Sixteenth Century. c) Discuss the introduction of the sonnet into English literature and its transformation In the hands of the major practitioners. (1x12=12 marks) II. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Discuss the evolution of Bacon's prose style. b) "Bacon's writings critically engage the ideological pre-occupations of the Elizabethan age." Discuss. c) Discuss how Bacon's identity as a "man of the world" is reflected in his essays. (1x12=12 marks) III Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Discuss how Hamlet's departure from the conventional frame of tragedy becomes problematic. b) Discuss how the ideological predilections of the Renaissance becomes visible in Dr Faustus, despite its superficial status as a morality play. c) Discuss how Ben Johnson's Everyman in his Humour anticipates Restoration Comedy. (1 x 1 2=1 2 marks) 5
IV Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Discuss the rise of the ballad as a poetic form in Fifteenth Century England. b) Discuss the origin and development of Elizabethan drama. c) Discuss the transformation of the sonnet in Sixteenth Century English Literature. x12--12 marks) V. Write short notes in about a page each on each of the following: a) The peasant in Piers the Plowman. Spenser's idyllic world. b) Bacon's ideas on scholarship Truth as an ideal in "Of Truth." c) Hamlet as a tragic hero. The theory of humours as a source for comedy. d) Social satire in The Prologue. The Elizabethan stage. V. Answer each of the following in about 100 words: a) The Wife of Bath as a stereotype. Wyatt and Surrey as sonneteers. b) Bacon's aphorisms Worldly wisdom in Bacon's essays. c) The fool in As You Like It. Repartee in Everyman in his Humour. d)religion in Fourteenth Century English Literature. Protestant ethos in Elizabethan drama. (4x5=20 marks) (4x3= I 2)
ENG 1 CO2 Indian Writings in English Credits 4 Growth and rise of IWE from its inception to present glory-an Historical perspective- The beginnings-renaissance in India-Tom Dutt, Tagore, Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu- Indian English poetry-mulk Raj Anand, Raj Rao, R.K. Narayan Trios of Indian English fiction-indiatenglish prose-drama-post 1980 Scenario-Contemporary writers. Section A: Poetry Texts for study 1. Tom Dutt 2. Tagore 3. A.K. Ramanujam 4 Nizzim Ezekiel 5. Jayantha Mahapatra 6. Kamala Das 7. Meena Alexander : Our Casuarina Tree : The Child : Obituary : Night of the Scorpion : Hunger : Dance of the Eunuchs : Blue Lotus Section B: Fiction 1. Mulk Raj Anand 2. R.K. Narayan 3. Arundhathi Roy 4 Amitav Ghosh 5. Kiran Desai : Coolie : The Guide : God of Small Things : Shadow Lines : The Inheritance of Loss Section C: Prose 1. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 2. Ashis Nandy : Philosophy of Hinduism : `Uncolonized Mind' (from: The Intimate Enemy) Section D: Drama 1. Manjula Padmanabhan : The Harvest 2. Mahesh Dattani : Dance Like a Man
M.A. English Language and Literature CCSS Semester I (2011) ENG 1CO2 Indian Writings in English 4 Credits 80 marks Scheme of questions The following scheme is aimed at a fair representation of all areas of the course in the examination and to ensure an equitable distribution of questions addressing the different topics and areas. The question paper setter is requested to kindly adhere to this scheme Section I Essay 1 : One out of three choices (essays based on prescribed poetry) addressing specific issues in individual poems 20 marks Essay 2: One out of three choices (essays based on prescribed fiction) addressing specific issues in individual works of fiction.20 marks Essay 3 : One out of three choices (essays based on prescribed prose and drama) addressing specific issues in individual pieces of prose and drama 20 marks Section II (3 x 20 = 60 marks) Short note questions: Four out of eight choices, on specific themes, concepts, theoretical terms etc. figuring in the syllabus (4 x 5 = 20 Marks) Note: In order to ensure fair distribution of questions, it is most important that no piece is left unrepresented in the paper and that no piece is given undue weightage.
Model Question Paper M.A. English I Semester Examination' ENG I CO2 Indian Writings in English 4 Credits Time: 3 hours 80 Marks I. Attempt an essay each from the three sections provided below: (3 x 20 = 60 marks) Section A I. Examine Tagore's "The Child" as an allegorical description of man's march from brutality to spirituality. 2. Discuss how Nizim Ezekiel looks at a typical Indian situation with an Indian attitude and dynamic Indian insight in the poem "Night of the Scorpion" "The Dance of the Eunuchs" objectifies through an external, familiar situation the poet's strangled desire within judgement of the sterile unfulfilled eunuch like desires of the woman within the poet"-discuss. 4. Examine how Jayanta Mahapatra's poem "Hunger" questions the justness in society from which sanctity has disappeared. Section B The pre-independent novel Coolie depicts Anand's razer sharp realism, idealism and remarkable stoicism of vision Discuss 6. Critically examine the non-sequential narrative style of God of Small Things R.K. Narayan's vision is essentially moral, for the problems he sets himself to resolve in his novels are largely ethical-examine this statement with reference to the Guide 8. Shadow Lines tells a story that pervades through the seams of reality and fiction, time and space, of memories and belief-discuss 9
Section C 9. Dance Like a Man probes tangled attitudes in contemporary India towards communal differences, consumerism and gender- Elaborate 10. Examine Harvest as an indictment against the exploitation of the Third world in the context of global capitalism. 11. Examine in detail Ambedkar's condeninat on of Hinduism and its foundation of caste system 12. Examine how Ashis Nandy deals with the survival and resuscitation of cultural diversity in the colonized world II. Write short notes on any four of the following: (4 x 5 = 20 marks) 1. Images used by Toni Dutt in "Our Casuarine Tree" 2. Life and its nuances as presented in "obituary" 3. Significance of the title "Harvest" 4. Ambedkar as a socio-political reformer 5. Colonialism and the effects of postcolonialism in The Inheritance of Loss 6. Battle between tradition and youthful rebellion in Dance Like a Man 7. Translating the experience of Exile in Blue Lotus 8. Class relations and cultural tensions in God of Small Things to
ENG 1 CO2-Indian Writings in English Panel of Question Paper Setters 1 Dr. Saji Mathew, Lecturer, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone : 9847237570 Dr Meena S Pillai, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvanathapuram. Phone: 9495919749. 3. Dr. K.M. Krishnan, Lecturer, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone : 9447179486 Dr Jamuna B S, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University Phone: 9446502873 Panel of Examiners Dr Jamuna B S, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University Phone: 9446502873 2. Dr. Anitha Ramesh Reader, Dept. of English Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut Mob: 9388431553 Dr. Saji Mathew, Lecturer, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone : 9847237570 Dr. Jenny Rapai Reader, Dept. of English SSGS, Kalady Mob: 9497687215
ENGIC03 - History of English Language Credits: 4 Section A. The Indo-European family of languages. The early history of English language. Old English Period : Dialect, Grammar and Literature Middle English Period : The Impact of the Norman Conquest on the English Language Grammar and literature. Grammatical changes. The beginning of the Modem Period -The impact of the Renaissance - Bible Translations. Section B. The contours of Semantic Change in the Modem Period Foreign influences on English in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Colonialism and the English language. Contributions of major writers to the growth of English vocabulary. Section C. The discrepancy between spelling and pronunciation. Attempts to reform English spelling. Dialects of English: British and American English in India English in the postcolonial world Recommended Reading: F. T. Wood An Outline History of the English language C. L. Wrenn The English Language A. C. Baugh A History of the English Language Ashcrofft et al The Empire Writes Back Indranee Ghosh (Ed.) History of English Language: A Critical Companion I a_
Panel of Question Paper Setters 1. Dr Jamuna B S, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9497621662. 2. Dr Saji Mathew, Lecturer (Senior Scale), School of Letters, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9847237578. 3. Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9446203008. 4. Dr Meena T Pillai, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9495919749. 5. Dr Sherine Upot, Professor, School of Distance Education, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9447558619. Panel of Examiners a) Dr Saji Mathew, Reader, School of Letters, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9847237578. 2. Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University Phone: 9446203008. 3. Dr K M Krishnan, Reader, School of Letters, M G University, Kottayam Phone: 9447179486. 4. Dr Meena T Pillai, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9495919749. a) Dr Sherine Upot, Professor, School of Distance Education, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9447558619.
ENGIC03 - History of English Language C:\ Credits: 4 Section A. The Indo-European family of languages The early history of English language. Old English Period : Dialect, Grammar and Literature. Middle English Period : The Impact of the Norman Conquest on the English Language. Grammar and literature. Grammatical changes. Translations. The beginning of the Modem Period -The impact of the Renaissance - Bible Section B. The contours of Semantic Change in the Modem Period Foreign influences on English in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Colonialism and the English language. Contributions of major writers to the growth of English vocabulary. Section C. The discrepancy between spelling and pronunciation. Attempts to reform English spelling. Dialects of English: British and American English in India English in the postcolonial world Recommended Reading: F. T. Wood An Outline History of the English language C. L. Wrenn The English Language A. C. Baugh A History of the English Language Ashcrofft et al The Empire Writes Back Indranee Ghost' (Ed.) History of English Language: A Critical Companion
Panel of Question Paper Setters 1. Dr Jamuna B S, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9497621662. 2. Dr Saji Mathew, Lecturer (Senior Scale), School of Letters, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9847237578. 3. Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9446203008. 4, Dr Meena T Pillai, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9495919749. 5. Dr Sherine Upot, Professor, School of Distance Education, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9447558619. Panel of Examiners a) Dr Saji Mathew, Reader, School of Letters, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9847237578. 2. Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University Phone: 9446203008. 3. Dr K M Krishnan, Reader, School of Letters, M G University, Kottayam Phone: 9447179486. 4. Dr Meena T Pillai, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University. Phone: 9495919749. a) Dr Sherine Upot, Professor, School of Distance Education, Mahatma Gandhi University. Phone: 9447558619.
Scheme of Questions 4. Four essay questions carrying 12 marks each (with three choices each). Two questions will be from Section 1 and one question each will be from sections 2 and 3. 5. Four questions (short write-ups of about one page) carrying 5 marks each(two choices for each question) Two questions will be from section 1 and one question each will be from sections 2 and 3. 6. Four short questions (to be attempted in not more than 100 words) carrying 3 marks each (two choices for each question). Two questions will be from section 1 and one question each will be from sections 2 and 3. Model Question Paper MA FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS (CCSS) ENGIC03 History of English Language Time: 3 hours Marks: 80 I. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Briefly describe the genealogy of the English language. b) "Old English was a typical Germanic Language." Discuss. c) Describe the transformation of the English language under Norman rule. (1x12=-12 marks) II. I. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Give an outline sketch of the Germanic family of languages. b) Describe the influences of Celtic and Scandinavian languages on English. c) Describe the systems of inflexions and conjugations in Old English. (1x12-12 marks) III Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Discuss he influx of French words into English in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. b) Discuss how colonialism opened the floodgates of the English language. c) Discuss the contributions of some of the canonized writers of English literature to the English language (1x12-12marks) IV Write an essay on any one of the following in about 3 pages: a) Briefly describe the nature of English spelling and the attempts to reform it. b) Discuss some of the fundamental ways in which the English language split up into dialects. c) Discuss the evolution of English in postcolonial times. (1x12-12 marks)
V. Write short notes in about a page each on each of the following: a) Satem Languages Grimm's Law b) Old English Dialects Old English Literature c) Greek influence on English during the Renaissance Early English dictionaries. d) Indian English The creol zation of English (4x5=20 marks VI Answer the following questions in about 100 words: a) Beowulf Anglo-Saxon chronicles. b) Danelaw Early Middle English religious poetry c) Modern English pronunciation Semantic Change in the Sixteenth Century. d) Butler English The notion of 'correct English' in the postcolonial world. (4x3=12 marks)
ENG 1 C04 Literary Criticism and Theory Part I Credits 4. - - -Introduction to Cnticul-Theories-Historical perspective-earlier -phases of critical history-classical (Western and Indian), Neoclassical and Romantic traditions- Continuities linking various phases and relative discontinuities-critical dialogues within theories since Plato. Texts for study 1. Plato : The Republic (Book 3) 2. Aristotle : Poetics (1-19) 3. Longinus : On the sublime (Chapters 7-9) 4. S.N. Dasgupta : The Theory of Rasa 5. Marudanayagam 6. Philip Sidney 7. Wordsworth : "Ullurai, Iraicci and Dhwani" (from: The Tamil Canon: Comparative readings) : An Apology for Poetry : Preface to Lyrical Ballads 16
- - ENG r CO4= Literary Critkin and Theory Scheme of Questions (Part 0 Max: SU Marks 1. Three essay questions carrying 20 marks each (with three choices each) one question each relating to Classical western tradition, Indian aesthetics and NeoclassicaUromantic tradition respectively (3X20: 60 Marks) 2. Four short notes (of about one and a half page carrying 5 marks each from a choice of 8 questions). One question each will relate to classical, Indian aesthetics, Neoclassical and Romantic tradition respectively
University of Calicut Department of English ENG 1C04 Literary Criticism and Theory Part I Is/lodel_Question_paper - Time 3 hrs - Max: 80 marks I Write essays on any one of the following (1 x 20 = 20 Marks) 1. Briefly analyze how Aristotle established tragedy as the highest form of poetry. 2. Examine how Plato pursues ideal justice and a workable concept of the Good Man in The Republic Book 3. 3. "Nothing attributes to greatness as much as noble passion in the right place" Elaborate with reference to longinus' on the sublime II Write an essay on any one of the following (1 x 20 = 20 Marks) 1. 2. Examine 'Rasa' as the key concept of classical Indian aesthetips Explain the importance of the concept of "Ullurai" in Dravidian linguistics Explain how Marudanayagam compares the conepts of "Dhwani" and"ullurai" III Write an essay on any one of the following (1 x 20 = 20 Marks) 1. Critically examine Sydney's views on functions of poetry. 2. Describe with reference to Preface to Lyrical Ballads, how Romanticism drastically altered the paradigms of literary criticism. I Discuss how Philip Sydney's Apology for Poetry represents a revival of classical theory with minor variations. IV Write short notes on four of the following: (4 x 5 = 20 Marks) 1. The tragic Hero 2. Sthayibhava 3. The sources that produce sublimity according to longinus 4. Sydney's approach to Plato in "An Apology for Poetry" 5- - Wordsworth's notion of the poet - - - 6. Distinguish between "Ullurai" and "Iraicci" 7. The Romantic concept of poetry 8. Critical reflections on poetry over the years from Plato to Wordsworth
ENG 1 C04-Literary Criticism and Theory Panel of Examiners 1. Dr. Rajan Dept of English Kerala Varma College Thrissur Ph: 9995172751 Bindu Amat Dept. of English Kerala Varma College Trichur Ph: 9847500635 Dr. Salil Varma Dept. of English St. Josephs College, Devagiri, Cal cut Ph: 9447333380 4. Dr. Saji Mathew, Lecturer, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone : 9847237570 Panel of Question paper Setters 1. Dr. B.Hariharan Institute of English Kerala University, Tvm. Ph: 9446203008 2. Dr. Saji Mathew, Lecturer, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone : 9847237570 3. Dr. K.M. Krishnan, School of Letters, MG University-, Kottayarn Phone : 9447179486 Dr. K. Kunhammed Dept of Studies in English, Kannur University. Ph: 9946665444
University of Calicut Department of English EN G 1 CO5 PostcolonialLiteraturei Scheme of Questions Time: 3 lu-s Max: 80 marks The following scheme is aimed at a fair representation of all areas of the course in the examination and to ensure an equitable distribution of questions addressing the different topics and areas. The question paper setter is requested to kindly adhere to this scheme Three essay questions carrying 15 marks each (with 3 choices each) relating to poetry, drama and fiction respectively. (15 x 3 = 45 Marks) II Seven short notes carrying 5 marks each from a choice of 15 questions covering the entire prescribed texts. (7 x 5 = 35 Marks) Note: In order to ensure fair distribution of questions, it is most important that no piece is left unrepresented in the paper and that no piece is given undue weightage.
ENG 1 CO5 Poste()Ionia! Literature Poe A.K. Ramanujam Sujata Bhatt Wole Soyinka Kamanu Brathwaite Robert Finch Margaret Atwood Derek Walcott Jack Davis Mohammed bin Haji Salleh Kishwar Naheed Almaghir Hashmi Lakdasa Vikramasinha - Small-scale Reflections on a Great House - A Different History - Telephone Conversation - Negus -Peacock and Nightingale -Journey to the Interior -Ruins of a Great House -Aboriginal Australian -Do Not Say -I am Not that Woman -So What if Live in a House Made by Idiots - Don't Talk to me about Matisse Drama. Wole Soyinka Girish Karnad James Reaney -The Road -Hayavadana -The Canadian Brothers Fiction: Chinua Achebe V.S. Naipaul Salman Rushdie -Arrow of God -The Mimic Men -Midnight's Children
University of Calicut Department of English ENG 1C05 Posteolonial Literature Model Question paper Time: 3 hrs Max: 80 marks I Write essays on any three of the following, choosing at least one question from each section. Section A 1. 2. Comment on Sujata Bhatt's poetic account of tradition and colonial modernity in the Indian context. Would you agree with the statement that Kishwar Naheed's poem "I am not that woman" is more feminist than postcolonial Elaborate on your view. Critically comment on the contemporary political relevance of Mohammed bin Haji Salleh's poem "Do not say" (1 x 15 = 15 marks) Section B 1. Critically examine the central theme of 2. The Canadian Brothers Examine critically "The Quest" motif in The Road 3. "Hayavadana is situated in the interstices of an invigorating legacy of traditional Indian folk and modern western theatre" - Comment (1-x 1 15.marks)
Section C 1-. Examine Arrow of God as a novel that counters colonial representation. 2. Describe in detail_ how Rushdie blends fact, fiction and fantasy in Midnight's Children. ------- 7. 3. Examine how Mimic Men analyses the historical legacy of colonialism and its political and psychological effects. (1 x 15 = 15 marks) I Write short notes on any seven of the following. 1. The significance of the title Arrow of God 2. Motif of the perforated sheet in Midnight's Children 3. Subversion in Hayavadana 4. African rituals in The road 5. Narrative voice in the Mimic Men 6. Symbolism in Robert Finch's Peacock and Nightingale 7. Black-White relationship in Walcott's Ruins of a Great House 8. Response to western art in Vikramasinha's Don't talk to me about Mattisse 9. The aborigine issue in David's Abonginal Australia. 10. Theme of Alwood's poem Journey to the Inteior 11. Major features of the house in Almaghir Hashmi's House made by Idiots 12. Soyinka's use of irony to depict the absurdity of racism. 13. Presentation of the past in Ramanujam's poem 14. Explmaitottui Carribean identity in Negus 15. Characterisation in The Canadian Brothers -23
ENG 1C05 Posteolonial Literature Panel of Question Paper Setters Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram. Phone: 9446203008. Dr. K.M. Krishnan, Lecturer, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone : 9447179486 3. Dr. K. Kunhammed Dept. of Studies in English, Kannur University. Ph: 9946665444. Dr Meena S Pillai, 4. Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvanathapuram. Phone: 9495919749 Dr..P.P Raveendran School of Letters Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Dr. Sherine Upot Department of Distance Education M.G. University Kottayam
ENG 1C05 Postcolonial Literature Panel of External Examiners 1. Dr B Hariharan, Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapurarn Phone: 9446203008. Dr. K.M. Krishnan, Lecturer, School of Letters, MG University, Kottayam Phone : 9447179486 3. Dr. K. Kunhammed Dept. of Studies in English, Kannur University. Ph: 9946665444. Dr Meena S Pillai, 4. Reader, Institute of English, Kerala University, Thiruvanathapuram Phone: 9495919749 5. Dr..P.P Raveendran School of Letters Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam 6. Dr. Sherine Upot Department of Distance Education M.G. University Kottayam