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MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN

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ENGLISH (MEG)

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Term-End Examination
December, 2023

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MEG-14 : CONTEMPORARY INDIAN LITERATURE

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IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Time : 3 Hours ntG

Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Answer all questions. All questions carry

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equal marks.

1. Discuss with reference to the context any four

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of the following passages : 4×5=20

(a) Long live thirst
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Though all the world is for you

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Yet the most precious gift of all

Is the thirst that the creator showered on
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you.
(b) That can’t be
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That can’t be
She had died many years ago
She cannot live any longer

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(c) Cooking and serving, cooking and serving,

Scrubbing and washing

There’s a kitchen in my dreams,

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The smell of spices even in the jasmine

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Damn the kitchen

(d) “Yesterday—or the day before—I met

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Whitman : met Whitman talking

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aloud in solitude about the populace.”

(e) I then collected

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all half-formed desires,

joined them together,

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rushed towards you like a gale

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and entwined my fingers

in your fingers.
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(f) Last year

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Summer covered it with

The green
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of mango blossoms;

It tempted a calf

Which fell in and drowned.

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2. Comment on the distinctive feature of Amrit

Rai’s biography of Premchand. 20

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How does Manimahesh combine history,

legend, reality and myth ? Discuss.

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3. How has Girish Karnad treated the theme of

power in Tughlaq ? ntG 20

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Describe the characteristics of the protagonist

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in Indira Goswami’s The Empty Chest.

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

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2×10=20

(a) Folk element in Compromise

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(b) Elements of optimism in Birthday

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(c) Salt as metaphor for exploitation in Salt

(d) The role of memory in Birds

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5. After Nathu, Bakshiji is the most socially

sensitive character in Tamas. Do you agree ?
Discuss. 20

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Discuss the contemporary relevance of
Sanskara.

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