H M. A. (Final) Term End Examination, June-July, (A Study of Fiction) ENGLISH LITERATURE

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1 H-2255 M. A. (Final) Term End Examination, June-July, 2017 Time : Three Hoursl ENGLISH LITERATURE PaPer First (A Study of Fiction) Instructions for Candidate : I Maximum Marks:70 I Minimum Pass Marks : 28 Section-A: Question Nos. 01 to 08 are very short answer type questions. Attempt all questions. Each question carries 0l mark. Answer each of these questions in I or 2 wordvl sentence. Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer type questions. Attempt any /orr questions. Each question carries 2 j marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 75 words. Section-C: Question Nos. 15 to l8 are short answer type questions. Attempt any ly'rree questions. Each question carries 05 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 150 words. A-32 P. T. O.

2 a2l H-225s Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are balf long answer type questions. Attempt any fwo questions' Each question carries [0 marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words' Section-E : Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type questions' Attempt any ore question' Each question carries l7 marks. Answer each of these questions in about words or!-5 pages. Section-A l. Who composed the first successful novel "Shamela"? 2. Which is the last novel of Henry Fielding? 3. Who is the protagonist of"pride and Prejudice"? 4. Which major problem Jane Austen aroused in her novel 'Pride and Prejudice'? 5. What character is represented by Ralph in "[ord ofthe Flies"? 6. Who is the first boy to diappear in the novel "Lord of the Flies"? 7. Who is Pip in the "Great Expectations"? 8. Who composed "Jude the Obscure"? Section-B g. How does Fielding portray the relationship between city and country in Tom Jones? 10. Does Fielding lack psychological realism? 11. How is Elizabeth Bennet portrayed in the Novel of Austen? 12. What role does the Conch play in the novel "Lord of tho Flies"? 13. What is the [rony in the novel "Pride and Prejudice"? 14. Horv many Pips in "Great Expectations"? A-32 " lsl Section-{ 15. Whlt Narrative technique was used by Henry Fielding in the novel "Tom Jones"? I 16. What is the range in Austen's "Pride and hejudice"? 17. What are the ExPectation of PiP? 18. Why is Ralph elected chief? Section-D 19. Discuss "Tom Jones" is the geat comic masterpiece of English Literature. 20. Consider Jane Austen as a women novelists' 2l. What is the significance of the title "Painted Faces and Long Hair" in the novel 'Lord of the Flies'? 22. What part does chance play in Hardy's novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge"? Section-E 23. Describe in detail the causes of popularity in the novel "Pride and Prejudice". 24. What, if anyhing, might the dead parachutist symbolize? Does the symbolize something other tlran what the beast and the Lord ofthe flies symbolizc? II A,32 2,320

3 t4l Scct io n-l) H-22s6 19. Explain Eliot's assessnrent ol'srvinburne as a critic. 20. Critically examine Coleridgc's view of "Metrical Composition" in chapter XVIII of tlte Biographia Literaria. 21. Write a brief note on how Johnson defends Shakespeare's use of unities in his P reface. 22. What, according to you. was the aim of Longinus in rvriting his treatise On rhe Sublime 2 Section-E 23. What are the six fomralive elements of Tragedy according to Aristotle? 24. What is the relationship behveen "Tradition" and the "lndividual talenl" according to T. S. Eliot? t ,450 A-34 H-2256 M. A. (Final) Term End Examination, Junc-July, 2017 ENGLISH LITERATURE PaPer Second (Literary Theory) Tinre : Three Hours f f Maximum Marks :70 Instructions for Candidatc : I Minintum Pass Marks : 28 Section-A: Question Nos. 01 to 08 are very short answer type questions. Attempt all questions. Each question carries 0l mark. Answer each of these questions in I or 2 rvords/l sentence. Section-B: Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer type questions. Attempt any,fuur queslions. ' Each question carries 2\ marks. Ansrver eaclr oi these questions in about 75 rvords. Section{: Question Nos. 15 to 18 are short answer type questions. Attempt any lftree questions. Each queslion carries 05 marks. Ansrver each of these questions in about 150 words. A-34 P. T. O.

4 l2l H-2256 Section-D: Question Nos. 19 to 22 are long answer q/pe questions. Attempt any rwo questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 300 words. Section-E: Question Nos. 23 and 24 are essay type A-3r'- questions. Attempt any or?e question. Each question carries 17 marks. Answer each of these questions in about words. Section-A What is the English name for Aristotle's treatise De Anima? Longinus' On the Sublime consists of how many chapters? Write the alternative title for Sidney's An Apologt for Poetry. When was it published? Who wrote the m emoir Life of Samuel Johnson? When was the fourth edition of Lyrical Ballads published? Who wrote the poem Io William ll/ordsvorth? "Mr. Wright, one of the many translators of Homer, has published a letter to the Dean of Canterbury, complaining of some remarks of mine, uttered how a lohg rvhile ago, on his version of the //rari. " Who is the author ofthese lines? t3l H Who considers Coleridge, "perhaps,the greatest of Epglish critics, and in a sense the last" in his Ifte Sacred Wood? Section-B 9. Elucidate brlefly Aristotle's idea about tragedy. i0. What were thefour charges levelled against poetry by Stephen Gosson inhis School of Abuse? I l. What is the vierv of Wordsworth on the simplicity ol language? 12. Write a brief note about the origin of Lyrical Ballads as recollected by Coleridge in his Biographia Literaria Chapter XIV. 13. What do you mean by the term "Objective Correlative"? t4. What do you mean by the concept of'rasa'? Section-C 15. Comment on the role of "lmanization" in Wordsworth's concept of creativity. 16. Write a review of Essays in Criticism with the help of the text. 17. How does Johnson evaluatc Shakespeare as an artisl in his A Preface to Shakespcare? 18. What are Longinus' five sources of sublirnity? Explain briefly. A-34 P. T. O.

5 t1i H-z2sl 8. How many times ivas the crown offercd to Caesar by Antony? (a) 2 times (b) 3 times (c) 5 times (d) I time Section-B 9. Why are the witches referred to as the Veird Sisters io Macbeth? 10. Why is Macbeth unlucky? I l. What role does nature play in Henry IV? 12. \[1nt task do s Prospero impose upon Fendinand in TIe Tempest? 13. What is the significance of omens and portents that manilbsl themseh.es in the play Jrzlizs Caesar? 14. Why are Calphumia and portia powerless in the play Julius Caesor? Scction-{ 15. Cive a character portrayal of Miranda the only female character in The Tempest. 16. Enumerate the good and the bad qualities of Hospur as portrayed in Henry Iy? 17. What role does the supematural element play in Julius Caesar? 18. Examine to what extent t-ady Macbeth is to blame for her husband's downfall. lis6rrss t[6 relationship befween the couple as the play develops. H-2257 M. Term End Examination, June.Iuly, 20I 7 ENGLISH LITERATURE Paper Third (Going Through Shakespeare) Time: Thrce Hous 1 Instructions for Cendidete : I McimumMarks:70 f Mininnan Pass Marks : 28 Section-A: Question Nos. 0l to 08 are very short answer qpe questions. Attempt all questions. Fach question carries 0l marlc Answer each of these que$iors in I or 2 wordsy'l sentence. Scction-B : Question Nos. 09 to l{ are very Sort answer qpe questions. Attempt aoy;fozr questions., Each question caries 2j ma*s. Answereach ofthese questions in about 75 words. Scction{: Question Nos. 15 to 18 are short answer qpe questions. Attempt any /rree questions. Each question carries 05 marks. Answer each of these questions in about l5{) words. A-33 P. T. O.

6 Section-D : Section-E : 121 Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer type questions. Attempt any fwo questions. Each question carries l0 marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words. Question Nos. 23 and A are long answer type questions. Attempt any one question. Each question carries 17 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 700 words. Section-A Objective type questions. [. How many plays did Shakespeare write? (a) Between 12 and 14 plays (b) Between 20 and 22 plays (c) Between 26 and 28 plays (d) Berween 36 and 38 plays 2. A famous theatrc in london is associated with William Shakespeare; it is : (a) The Globe theatre (b) Convent garden (c) The Albert Hall (d) The Circle Theatre 3. What does Miranda regret doing while talking to Ferdinand in Act 3, Scene I in Tlu Tempest'I (a) Telling him her name (b) Offering to help him (c) ' Not acting lady like (d) Going against her father's wishes H-2257 ; [3] H What does Alonso wonder about when he sees that Triirculo, Stephano and Caliban are intoxicates in Act 5, Scene I of The Tempest? (a) When their intoxication will wear off (b) IfProspqro made them drunk (c) If their intoxication came from something they ate on the island (d) Where they got the wine from 5. In the battle, what does Falstaff carry in place of a pistol in Henry I V? (a) A A bottle of wine (c) A purse tull of gold (d) Nothing 6. Who kills Hotspur in Henry IY2 (a) Kate (b) Falstaff (c) King Henry (d) Harry 7. What message does the Soo&myer give to Julius Caesar? (a) Beware the Ides of March (b) Beware the conspiracy (c) Beware the Ides of May (d) Beware Brutus and Cassius A-3 A-33 P. T. O.

7 t5t Section-D H Analyze Caliban's.the isle is fufi of noises' speech in The Tempest. What is the significance ofthis speech? 20. Write a note on the Elizabethan stage. 21. Discuss Julius Caesar as a tragedy of internal conflicting motives. 22. tvhat is "Poetic Justice"? How far poetic Justice has been done in Macbeth? Section_E 23. How far do you a$ee that.the Tempest, is a play about the use and abuse of power? Consider irow Shakespeare dramatizes the exercise of power and what the play suggests about the,".ponribilitio of power. 24. "Shakespeare's charaoters were complex and human in nature. By making the protagonist,s character cenbal to the plot, Shakespeare changed what could be accomplished with drama" Discuss the statement. H r:10

8 H-2258 M. A. (Final) Term End Examination, June-July, 2017 ENGLISH LITERATURE Paper Fourth (English Language-A StudY) Time : Three Hours 1 t Muimum Marks : 70 Instructions for Candidatc : I Minimum Poss Marks : 28 Section-A: Question Nos. 0l to 08 are very short answer type questions. Attempt all questions. Each question carries 0l mark. Answer each of these questions in I or 2 wordvl sentence. Section-B : Question Nos. 09 to 14 are very short answer rype questions. Attempt any /bzr questions- Each question carries 2{ marks. Ans*er each ofthese questions in about 75 words' Scction{: Question Nos- 15 to l8 are short answer qpe questions. Attempt any llree.queslions. Each question carries 05 marks. Answer each of these questions in about 150 words. A-32 P. T. O.

9 Section-D : Section-E : t2l H-2258 Question Nos. 19 to 22 are half long answer typ questions. Attempt any,t,o questions. Each question carries 10 marks. Answer each ofthese questions in about 300 words. Question Nos. 23 and 24 are long answer type questions. Attempt any oze question. Each question carries 17 mark. Answer each of these quesions in about words or 4-5 pages. Section-A l. What is regional dialect? 2. What is social dialect? 3. Explain the abbreviation 'EST'. 4. What is bilingualism? 5. Who proposed the'use theory ofmeaning'? 6. What is connotation? 7. What is farm class? 8. What is social network? Section-B 9. Can rve consider Indian English a dialect ofenglish? 10. Write a very short note on Grorvth and Expansion of English. I l. What is meant by leaming a language? 12. Explain 'sense' versus 'reference'. 13. Clarifu structural description. 14. Write a short note on language and social identity. Section--{. t3l I 7. How does syntax differ from inflection J I 8. W.hat is Traditional view of meaning? Section-D 19. 'Language planning is nothing but applied sociolinguistics.' Comrnent. 20. Describe a few models for capturing the essentials of communication. 21. Distinguish between the concepts 'denotation' and 'connotation'. 22. Explain what is meant by regenerative grammar. What are its principal aims? Section-E 23. Explain T. S. Eliot's notion ofdeviation : (a) Phonological (b) Graphological (c) Lexical and Collocation (d) Syntactic and Semantic 24. Write a note on sociolinguistics and sociolinguistic models. 15. Dges language vary according to sex? [lso, give some examples. 16. Write a note on literary stylistics. II-22s8 2,3 90 A-32 A-32