Literature and Human Rights — DU B. A. (Hons) English Previous Year Question Papers

Candidates have to answer All the questions in Part A and any Three questions in Part B. Questions in Part A carry 10 marks each and questions in Part B carry 20 marks each. Critically comment and identify the following lines with reference to context : "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." (b) Write a short note on Big Brother. (a) Write a short note on the narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird. (b) Critically comment and identify the following lines with reference to context: "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." 3. (a) Critically comment and identify the following lines with reference to context: "I am not wrong : Wrong is not my name My name is my own my own my own". (b) Write a short note on the title of the story "Amnesty". 4.. (a) Discuss the 'use of language and its effect on thought in 1984. Or b) Fear operates as a strategy of control in 1984. Discuss. (a) The children's imagination of Arthur Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird is symbolic of the way imagination functions in the world of adults. Would you agree? Give a reasoned response. (b) The figure of the human rights advocate is important in literature about human rights. Discuss To Kill A Mockingbird in light of this statement. (a) Discuss Paulo Coelho's story with respect to the relationship between powerlessness and the inability to speak one's mind. (b) Discuss the role education in providing access to equality in Ismael Beah's "ABC (a) Comment on the notion of human rights violations as they appear in any two texts in your course. (b) How does gender inequality impact the idea of racial equality ? Discuss with reference to any two texts in your course.