BA Marathi And English Sem III ATKT ENGLISH (PAPER II) Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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1. Q1 A_ Discuss how Jasbir Jain questions the narrow that. postcolonialism provides in her prologue titled, “From the personal to the political”
2. Q1 B_ Show how Butalia brings out in her essay that there was more to the Partition than the stories of loss, violence and death 50 marks
3. Q1 C_ Write short notes on any two of the following:
   • (1) Meenakshi Mukherjee’s views on Raja Rao’s Foreword to his novel Kanthapura as evidenced in her essay titled “The Anxiety of Indianness”
   • (ii) Butalia’s discussion of oral histories as a tool for research in feminist
   • (iii) The contradictory phenomena of migration and cybercommunication and its impact on the perception of one’s homeland
   • (iv) Jasbir Jain’s views on the contemporary novel
4. Q2 A_ (i) How has Anita Desai juxtaposed two opposing cultures in Fasting, Feasting? 20 marks
   • (ii) Uma’s is a life of sacrifice and suffering in a patriarchal world. Discuss this statement with reference to Fasting, Feasting
5. Q2 B (i). How does Saradindu build up the suspense skilfully till the final denouement? Give specific examples from the text 20 marks
   • (ii). Describe the secret lives led by the suspects and how do the revelations move the
6. Q3 How does the narrator’s reaction differ from that of the others in Sarang’s “Revolt of the How does it reflect on the end of the story?
7. Q3 Gita Hariharan’s story “The Remains of the Feast” is replete with irony. Discuss
8. Q4 A_ Write short notes on any two: 20 marks
   • (i) Anamika’s death
   • (iii) The Patton family
   • (iv) Mama’s clandestine meetings with the neighbour
9. Q4 B_ Write short notes on any two: 20 marks
   • (i) The role of music in the narrative
   • (iii) The visit to the factory
   • (iv) Madhav
10. Q5 short notes on any two: 20 marks
    • (i) The ending of Shashi Deshpande’s Awakening”
    • (ii) The significance of the red sari in “The Remains of the Feast” (ili) Pali’s bewilderment when he is converted to different religions twice
    • (iv) Sarang’s use of fabulism in “Revolt of the Gods”

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