UG/4th Sem (H)/22 (CBCS)

U.G 4th Semester Examination 2022

ENGLISH (Honours)

Paper Code: 401 ENGH DC-8

(CBCS)

Full Marks: 32                                                                                                                   Time Two Hours

The figues in the margin indicate full marks Candidates are reqared to give their answers on their own words as far as practicable

1 Answer any one of the following questions in about 200 words cach           6-4-24-

(a) Examine the conflict between love and duty in Kalidasa's Anna Shakalan

(b) Critically comment on the role of Dushyant in Kalikasa's Abhimana Shakantalam.

(c) Would you agree with the view that the Dicing episode provides a aitique of the hemic ideal in The Mahallarta Substitiate your answer

Or

(d) Critically analyse the moral and ethical dilemma of Kama with reference to the section "The Temptation of Kama" from "The Book of Effort in The Mahabharata

(e) Arthur William Ryder, in the introduction to his 1905 translation of Mrichchakatikon writes, "Nowhere else in the hundreds of Sanskrit drama do we find such vanety, and such drawing of characters, as in The Little Clay Cart" Discuss Sudraka's play Michakka as a chronicle of its meliu

(0) Consider entically the aptress of the title of the play Africehkanka (The Line Clay Cart) by Sadaka

(g) Critically analyse the notions of chastity and power in Ilango Adigal's The Book of Banct

00) Critically evaluate the representation of wat in largo Adigal's The Book of Banct

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2. Answer any four of the following questions in about 60 words each:

(a) Briefly comment on the prologue to Kalidasa's Abhijnana Shakuntalam.

Or,

(b) Bring out the significance of the episode of finding out the ring in Kalidasa's Abhijnana

Shakuntalam.

(c) Discuss in brief Vikarna's response to Draupadi's questions in the Assembly hall.

Or,

(d) Whom does Kama consider to be his ultimate adversary and why?

(e) Who steals the jewellery from Charudatta's house and why?

Or,

(f) What is the symbolic significance of the place of first meeting between Vasantsena and Charudatta?

(g) Briefly explain the cult of Pattini in Ilango Adigal's The Book of Banci.

Or,

(h) Briefly point out two key elements of Puram poetry in Ilango Adigal's The Book of Banci.

 

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