2013

English

Subject code: 1185

Twentieth Century Novel

Time: 4 hours                                                                                                              Marks-80

Part – A

1.   Answer any ten questions:                                                                                     1´10 = 10

      a.  What is ivory?

           Ans : Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks and the teeth of an animal, especially elephant.

      b.  What does the word passage mean in the novel, 'A Passage to India'?

           Ans : The word ‘passage’ in the novel, 'A Passage to India' means ‘journey’. But this journey is a journey of the soul, a journey of one nation into another, and a journey of one religion into another.  

      c.  Who is Elizabeth Dalloway?

           Ans : Elizabeth Dalloway is the daughter of Clarissa and Richard

      d.  Mention one of the major conflicts in the novel 'Mrs Dalloway'.

           Ans : One of the major conflicts in the novel, 'Mrs. 'Dalloway' is the conflict between conventionality and unconventionality.

      e.  How was Rhodesia divided by the British?

           Ans : Rhodesia was divided by the British between the blacks and the white settlers.

      f.  When was the apartheid system finally uprooted?

           Ans : The apartheid system was finally uprooted in 1994.

      g.  What is the source of the title "The Grass is Singing"?

           Ans : The source of the title “The Grass is Singing” is a poem called The Waste Land written by T.S. Eliot.

      h.  Which disease did William suffer from and where did he die?

           Ans : William died in London suffering from pneumonia and erysipelas. 

      i.   What was Kurtz's Mission in Congo?

           Ans : Kurtz's mission in Congo was to civilize the natives, to educate them, to improve their way of living and to bring the light into their lives and into that dark territory. 

      j.  Why was the Bridge party arranged?

           Ans : The Bridge Party was arranged by Mr. Turton so that Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested could meet the Indians.

      k.  What does the Marabar Cave symbolize?

           Ans : The Marabar Cave symbolizes the soul of India which is beyond the comprehensions of the foreigners.

      l.   What kind of novel is "Sons and lovers"?

           Ans : The novel “Sons and Lovers” is an autobiographical novel.

Part – B

Answer any five questions:                                                                                          4 ´ 5 = 20

2. Describe the trial scene in “A Passage to India”.

3. What do you know about Kurtz.

4. Describe Septimus’s hallucination in ‘Mrs. Dalloway’.

5. How was Mary brought up and educated?

6. What is ‘Oedipus Complex’? How is it treated in the novel, ‘Sons and Lovers’?

7. “Indians are not allowed into the Chandrapore Club even as guests, he said simply.”-Who said this? Why did he say this?

8. Comment on the significance of the title “Heart of Darkness”.

9. Describe the murder of Many in “The Grass is Singing”.

Part – C

Answer any five questions:                                                                                        10 ´ 5 = 50

10. Write a short note on Aziz Fielding relationship in “A Passage to India”.

11. Discuss the theme of feminism from the novel, ‘Mrs. Dalloway’.

12. Examine and estimate Walter Morel as a tragic character.

13. Comment on Conrad’s treatment of evil in ‘Heart of Darkness’.

14. How are the black Africans treated in ‘The Grass is Singing? Elucidate.

15. Comment on the British Raj in India in ‘A Passage to India’.

16 Discuss the treatment of love and marriage in ‘Sons and Lovers’.

17. Show how DH Lawrence has portrayed the then social relationship in ‘Sons and Lovers’.