Bankura University English Honours MJC-2 Suggestion 2025

Bankura University English Honours  MJC-2  Suggestion  2025 

Bankura University English Honours | MJC-2 | 2025, 

B.A. English Honours Semester – II Examination, 2025

Course Title: Introduction to Indian Classical Literature (NEP)

Course Code: A/ENG/201/MJC-2

Course ID: 20311

Time: 2 Hours

Full Marks: 40

The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.

Answer all the questions:

1. Answer any one question: (1×10 = 10)

a) Evaluate the dramatic importance of Durvasa’s curse in Abhijnanasakuntalam.

OR

b) Analyze Kalidasa’s use of nature imagery in developing the character of Śakuntalā.

2. Answer any one question: (1×10 = 10)

a) How does “The Dicing” episode reflect the moral and social decline in the Mahabharata?

OR

b) Discuss Karna’s loyalty and inner conflict in The Temptation of Karna. Does Krishna’s offer challenge Karna’s principles?

3. Answer any two questions: (2×5 = 10)

a) How is the theme of separation portrayed in Abhijnanasakuntalam?

b) Discuss any two significant features of Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation of the Indian epic tradition.

c) Write a short note on Pandavani as a form of performance-based epic tradition.

d) What is the significance of Alamkara in classical Indian poetics? Mention two types with examples.

4. Answer any five questions: (5×2 = 10)

a) What does Duḥṣanta offer Śakuntalā as a token of love?

b) What role does the ring play in the recognition scene of Abhijnanasakuntalam?

c) What message did the sky messenger deliver to Duḥṣanta?

d) Who is Vidura and what is his role in the Dicing episode?

e) What was Krishna’s main argument to convince Karna?

f) What does Karna say about his birth and fate during his conversation with Krishna?

g) What is Oja Pali? Where is it primarily performed?

h) Define Vīra Rasa with a suitable example from your syllabus.

i) Who was Madhusudan Dutt and what was his contribution to epic tradition in Bengal?

j) What is meant by Khanda-Kavya? Name one example.