MEG 10 ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA Question Paper December 2018

 

MEG 10 ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA

Question Paper December 2018

 

Time : 3 hours                                                                                   Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. How did English and English studies come to be introduced in India ?

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2. Would you agree that the Hindu College, Calcutta propagated English studies in India ? Discuss.

3. Examine Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Rajmohan's Wife critically and comment on his influence_ on the social ethos of the Age.

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4. Did Michael Madhusudan Dutt and Toru Dutt contribute to the rise of Indian English literature ? Discuss with reference to their poetry.

5. How did English serve the cause of colonialism in nineteenth century India ? Elucidate.

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6. Does the choice of English over Hindi as the language of official communication enhance the quality of official correspondence ?

7. In what way did Leavis contribute to the making of a Literary Canon ? Was it different from C.S. Lewis's contribution ? Explain.

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8. Do you think there is a need for correlating a canon to its context ? Give reasons. 20

9. Bring out the radicalism in Tagore's The Home and the World. 

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10. Bring out the salient features of Dalit Aesthetics as outlined by Omprakash Valmiki.

 

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