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BA (VI Semester) Examination
ENGLISH
Paper : BENG–611 (M) (Block–A–I)
( Indian Writing in English )
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
Note : 1. Answer all questions.
2. The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
Unit—A
1. Explain any two of the following with reference to the context : 8×2=16
(a) Come back, come back from thy wild wandering, Sweet Ghanashyam, my king!
(b) Against the sum of good Become diminished by your pain. May the poison purify your flesh.
(c) Thy music once was sweet—who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain?
Unit—B
2. Discuss Kamala Das’ The Dance of the Eunuchs as a confessional poetry. 16
Or
Discuss the role of myth in Ezekiel’s poem, Night of the Scorpion.
Unit—C
Or
How do you classify Coolie as a representative narrative on contemporary India?
Unit—D
4. Discuss the theme of violence in The Shadow Lines. 16Or
Give a critical estimate of the plot of The Shadow Lines.
5. Critically evaluate Tughlaq as a historical play. 16
Unit—E
Or
How does the dramatist establish religious tolerance as a political strategy in the play, Tughlaq ?
