[2] 3.

a) Attempt an analysis of the form of Chaturanga and show how meaning emerges from the various interplays of ideas and formal structures in the novel. Or b) Attempt a reading of the discourses prevalent in Chaturanga, explaining Rabindranaths point of view on any one of those discourses. Time : Two hours

Ex/CL/UG/2.3/46/2010

B ACHELOR

OF

ARTS EXAMINATION, 2010

( 1st Year, 2nd Semester )

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE CONCEPTS AND TRAJECTORIES ( CL/UG/2.3)

Full Marks : 30

Answer any three questions in Bangla or in English, but all the same language. All questions carry equal marks. 1. a) Write short notes on any four of the following :
alankara , intermediaries, kavya , rohstoff and stoff, riti ,

synchrony and diachrony, visvasahitya , world literature. 2. a) What according to you, is Comparative Literature ? Answer with reference to its history as pedagogy. Or b) How does the history of Indian literature serve to assert the relevance of the comparative approach ? Answer with reference to the essay that you study. Or c) Write a note on the relevance of the study of Comparative Literature today. [ Turn over