Section I
1. Write short answers of the following questions. (15)
(i) The Goras were the oppressors while the Burmese were the oppressed ones. Discuss this statement in the light of the story "Shooting an Elephant".
(ii) How does the title of the story "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf contribute to the understanding of the story? Elaborate.
(iii) What is Said's major contention in the "Introduction to Culture and Imperialism"?
Section II
2. Answer the following questions in detail. (45)
(i) Discuss the aesthetic theory of James Joyce with particular reference to his novel "The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man'.
(ii) What do you gather about the character of Marlow in the novel "The Heart of Darkness"? Does he undergo any transformation through the narrative? Explain.
(iii) "A Passage to India" is a masterpiece of E.M. Forster. What are the salient thematic and structural features that make it a wonderful novel?
(iii)
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