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CBCS/B.A./Mons./Programme/2nd Sem/ENGIIGECO2T/ENGGCORO2T/2020
तस्य विचारण
WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY
B.A. Honours/Programme 2nd Semester Examination, 2020
ENGHGECO2T/ENGGCOR02T-ENGLISH (GE2/DSC2)
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Time Allotted: 2 Hours
Full Marks: 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates should answer in their own words and adhere to the word limit as practicable.
1.
15x3 = 45
Answer any three questions from the following:
(a) How is N.T. Rajkumar's 'Poem' a poem of protest? Answer with close reference
to the text.
(b) What does Bama say about the condition of the Dalits in the excerpt from
Karukku' in your prescribed syllabus?
(C) Write a critical estimate of the poem, 'Habit' by F.M. Shinde.
(d) How does Padma Sachdev project the bonding between mother tongue and
nature? Answer with close reference to her poem prescribed in the syllabus.
(e) How has the poet depicted his longing for the motherland in “Passage to
America'?
(f) What is the significance of Kartik in the excerpt from Raja Rao's Kanthapura?
(g) What did Buddhadeva Bose have to say about Indian English poetry and poets?
2.
5x1 = 5
Write a short note on any one of the following:
(a) Differences between Indian languages and English as pointed out by Raja Rao in
his Preface to Kanthapura
(b) Actual meaning of 'Dalit' and how it has become a term of pride
(c) The recent controversy related to Dalit literature, according to Eleanor Zelliot, as
stated in Dalit Sahitya: The Historical Background
(d) M.K. Naik's desire of how Indian English literature should be treated among
Indian literatures
(e) Relation between Kobra and Shiva in Poem'
(f) “Habit isn't used to breaking out in feelings".
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