14) Toial No. of Questions: 4] Total No of Printed Pages: 4 Roll No. (e} Which character in Mrs Dalloway | represents the unorthodox attitude but | hhas to kneel down before the gnawing teach of convention? () What do the images of light suggest in REF NO. 015124 (Semester IV) Examination A Portrait of the Artistas a Young Man? | SOLE AS, (9) “life must have a feesh start and the j ENGLISH old world must burst, the underworld | must be open, and whole, new world.” Paper No, Course-13 : Eng-401 : Fiction-I Which character in Women in Love subscribes to the idea contained in the Time: Shows ere: 70 ‘above lines? (Write your Roll No. at the top immediately on (h) Which novelist has stated the following the receipt of this question paper) ae The figures inthe right-hard margin indicate marks ‘ “Life is not a series of gig-lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a lumionous halo, a semi ‘transparent ‘envelope | surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.” | Answer all Sections Candidates are required urite their answers in their own words as far as practicable * Section—A Long Answer Type questions to be answered in f) What does Kurtz's oil painting ei aelecck ‘representing a woman, draped and blindfolded carrying a lighted torch’ aymbolise in Heart of Darkness 2 @ Vow does Stephen's spiritual evelopment talee place in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ? 1. Lawrence's ideas and vision in Women in Love can be understood better when we probe into his dilemma by discussing the debates and argumen:s of the characters ‘on a number of topical issues inthe novel, Discuss, 12 /9(283}~600 REF NO. 015124 D/91283)—600 (Turn Over} Sa ae a eeD/9(288) STEERER (ay or Discuss Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim as a campus novel. 2, Discuss Joseph Conrad's concerns against evil of conquest, brutality and col exploitation in Heart of Darkness. or Discuss A Portrait ofthe Artist as a Young Man as a Bildungsroman. Section—B 3. Answer any six of the following questions in about 250 words each (a) Discuss the symbolic aspect of the novel Mrs Dalloway illustrating a few examples from the novel (6) Discuss Virginia Wooll’s psychological treatment of love in rs Dalloway, (6), Discuss Birkin’s notion of extinction ‘and metaphysic of renewal in Women in Love. (@) Comment on the humour and satire in Lucky Jim. (e). Discuss the significance of the title of the novel Heart of Darkness. (). Write a critical note on Stephen's views on art and morality, beauty and truth. 12 6x6, (Continued) 1/9233) 3) (@) Discuss, how Gerald's disconnection from ‘creative mystery’ turns him into ‘a cold, mute, material’ () Comment on the aesthetic function of Marlow as a narrator in Heart of Darkness. (Examine Dixon's lecture as a failure or success in Lucky Jim. G) Describe the horrors of hell narrated by Father Arnall in his sermon at Belvedere College and its impact on ‘Stephen Dedalus. Section—C |. Answer the following questions in a word for a sentence each lox (a) Which three male characters share ‘a decisiveness about what they don't like’ in the novel Lucky Jim? (b) Who is the driving force behind professor Ned Welch’s social ambition? (6) What does the knitting of black wool by the two women at the gate of the company office at Brussels symbolize in Heart of Darkness ? (d) Which character in Women in Love symbolises the disintegration of ‘modern industrial civilization? (Turn Over)