Indian Writing in English — DU B. A. (Prog) English Previous Year Question Papers

7. (a) Examine how Indian authors portray themes of identity and postcolonial experiences. Discuss with reference to any two texts in the syllabus. (b) Critically examine the representation of women in any two texts prescribed in the syllabus. English-DSC (c) Candidates have to answer ALL the questions in Part-A and ANY THREE questions in Part-B. (d) Questions in Part-A carry 10 marks each and questions in Part-B carry 20 marks each. 1. (a) Write a note on Tara in Clear Light of Day. (b) Write a note on Baba's obsession with the gramophone in Clear Light of Day. 2. (a) Identify, contextualise, and critically comment on the following lines: She hath no friend on this cold, bleak earth. To give her a shelter, a home, and a hearth; Through life's dreary desert alone she must wend, For alas! the wretched have, never a friend! (b) Write a short note on the theme of Ngangom's "A Poem for Mother". 3. (a) Critically comment on the significance of he title of the story "Stains". (b) How does Shashi Deshpande explore the theme of 'intrusion' in "The Intrusion"? 4. (a) Analyse the depiction of feminine sensibility in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day. (b) Critically comment on the narrative structure of Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day, 5. (a) Kamala Das in "An Introduction" challenges gender norins and sociétal expectations. (b) Discuss the influence of English Romanticism on Sarojini Naidu's poetry. (a) Shashi Deshpande's story "The Intrusion" explores the ideas of autonomy and selfhood. (b) Salman Rushdie's "The Free Radio" blurs the line between real and imagined experiences.