Paper (1): Classical Poetry
1. Chaucer’s art of characterization
2. Irony and satire in the prologue
3. Treatment of Ecclesiastical characters
4. Chaucer’s style and narrative skill
5. The Prologue as a picture gallery
6. Critical Appraisals of characters: Knight, WIB, Pardoner, Summonor, Parson, Friar and Prioress
7. Wyatt’s Contribution/ Wyatt as poet or sonneteer
8. Surrey’s Contribution/ Surrey as poet or sonneteer
9. Critical Appraisals: The Long Love that in my thought I harbor, Is it possible? Madam Withouten many words, Wyatt’s Death, Prisoned in Windsor, Love that doth reign and lived in within my heart
10. Donne as a metaphysical poet
11. Donne as a love poet
12. Critical Appraisals of select poems: Death be not proud, The Sun Rising, A Valediction: forbidding Mourning, The Good Morrow, Twicknam Garden
13. Milton’s Grand Style
14. Paradise as a Renaissance Epic
15. Hero of Paradise Lost: Satan or Adam
16. Main Theme in PL: Justifying the ways of God
17. The Rape of the Lock as a Mock-Epic
18. The Role and Function of Machinery in ROL
19. Character of Belinda
20. ROL as a Social Satire.
Paper (2): Classical Drama
21. Oedipus’s Fate-Action/ Hamartia of Oedipus: hubris
22. Oedipus as a tragedy
23. Dramatic Irony in Oedipus Rex
24. Main Theme: Relationship between man and gods.
25. Dr. Faustus as an over-reacher/ Faustus as Icarus
26. The real sin of Doctor Faustus
27. Dr. Faustus as a tragic Hero
28. Renaissance Elements in Dr. Faustus
29. Othello as a tragic hero.
30. Othello as a (domestic) tragedy
31. Theme of Jealousy in Othello
32. Iago’s motives and Othello’s cause of destruction
33. Winter’s Tale as a tragic-comedy
34. Theme of Jealousy in Winter’s Tale
35. Pastoral elements in Winter’s Tale.
36. Importance of Being Earnest: theme of love, money, marriage and social status.
37. IBE: The title – its significance and value
38. A trivial comedy for serious people/ IBE as comedy
39. Oscar Wilde’s style: pun, wit, paradox & verbatism
40. IBE as a social satire
Paper (3): Novel
41. Pride and Prejudice: Title and significance
42. Character of Elizabeth in P&P
43. Theme of love and marriage in P&P
44. Jane Austen’s Irony
45. A Tale of Two Cities: Title and its value
46. The theme of resurrection & renunciation in ATC
47. Symbolism in A Tale of Two Cities
48. ATC is a social novel in political background
49. Sydney Carton and his sacrifice in ATC
50. Adam Bede and Psychological Realism
51. George Eliot’s art of characterization
52. Hetty’s suffering; its cause and redemption
53. Education and regeneration of Adam Bede
54. The Return of the Native as a tragedy
55. Egdon Heath as a character in TRN
56. Chance and Fate – Hardy as a novelist
57. The Cause of Eustacia or Clym’s tragedy in TRN
Paper (4): Prose
58. Bacon as an essayist/ his style and contribution
59. Bacon as a moralist
60. Swift as a satirist
61. Swift as a misanthrope
62. Describe the first and the last voyage G-Travels.
63. Popularity of Gulliver’s Travels
64. Seamus Heaney’s justification, functions and redressing effects of poetry.
65. What is culture and what is imperialism and how does Edward Said relate the two?
66. Why does Edward Said refer to various novelists to prove his thesis of imperialism?
67. Bertrand Russell as an essayist.
Paper (5): American Literature
68. John Ashbery as a modern poet
69. Major themes in Ashbery and Richard Wilbur
70. Major Themes in Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath
71. Adrienne Rich as a poet
72. Critical Appraisals: Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, Diving into the Wreck, The Painter, Melodic Trains, Still Citizen Sparrow, After the Last Bulletins, You are! Ariel, Arrival of the Bee box and Final Notations
73. The Crucible: its title and significance
74. John Proctor as a tragic hero
75. Mass Hysteria and theme of evil in the Crucible
76. Relationship between individual & society in The Crucible/ Individual commitment in society
77. Character of Abigail Williams
78. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Main theme
79. Robert Jordon as a tragic hero
80. Justify Robert Jordon’s sacrifice
81. Robert Jordon as a code hero
82. Hemingway’s style – Fictional technique
83. Symbolic Significance of the title Jazz
84. City as a character in Jazz
85. Major themes in Jazz
86. Mourning Becomes Electra as a tragedy
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Paper 1 Drama Section “A” Q1. Trace the mental conflict of Dr. Faustus from the beginning till his last hour on this earth Q2. Discuss the puzzle of life and death as presented by hamlet in his soliloquy “to be or not to be” that is the question Q3. The way conflicts and contrasts are resolved along with the theme of “mistaken identities” make the twelfth night a successful comedy. Discuss Q4. Write a comprehensive note on Caliban as an ardent champion of freedom from European colonia rule Section “B” Q5. The Alchemist is a good example of a play reflecting the qualities of COMADY OF MANNERS. Discuss Q6.Write a note on the main features of Restoration. Comedy with special reference to Congreves “The Way of the World” Q7.Politicians is puppets in the hands of capitalists. How does G.B Shaw establish this theme Heart break House? Q8. Duke Orison Is in love with the idea that he is in love while viola is in love with the real man, the duke .Discuss these two types of love.
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Paper 2 Poetry Q1. Compare & contrast any one of the following character from Chaucer’s prologue in the Canterbury tales 1. The prioress and the wife of bath
2. The monk and the priest
3. The friar and the pardoner Q2. Compare and contract Black’s song of innocent and songs of experience in term of theme, ton and style (OR)
Comment on Black use of symbolism in the song of innocent and song of experience. Q3. Comment on Spenser’s blending of religious and political allegory with romantic and epic Element in
the Fearie queen (OR) Explain the allegorical significant of any one episode from Fearie Queen Book. Q4. How effective has Dryden used the biblical story of David for the purpose of his poem “Absalom and Achitophel” (OR) Dryden “Absalom and Achitophel” is not merely a police pamphlet but a great work of literature. Discuss. Q5.Comment on Pop’s use of supernatural element in “Rape of the lock” (OR) How helpful to Alexander Pope is the use of Epic teamwork in producing social Criticism in “Rape of the lock” How helpful to Alexander Pope is the use of Epic frame work in producing social Criticism in “Rape of the Lock” Q6. Comment on John Donne as a metaphysical (OR)
Although Donne’s religious poetry is not an absolutely novel style, yet the way in which he has exploited the traditional Christian devices shows his greatness as a religious poet. Comment. (OR)
How Chaucer used his persona to create irony in the prologue to the Canterbury Tales?
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Q7.Blake’s Song of innocent and Song of experience present two contrasting ways of looking at the world and life .Comment. (OR)
Evaluate William Blake as a romantic poet
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Paper 3. Literature and Society Q1. What are the significant features of “Bacon’s literary style? Discuss with reference to the essay you have studied Q2. Comment on the form and style of AEROPAGATICA? Q3. Comment on swift’s use of scale as a technique of satire with reference to Gulliver’s Travels” Q4. Critically analyze the technique Addison uses in his essay to bring the reader round to his point of view. Q5. Critically comment on the following lines from on LIBERTY (OR)
if all mankind minus one were of an opinion and only one person were of the country coition, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person , than he if he had the power, would be justified silencing mankind.” Q6. Critically comment upon leavi’s discussion of the relation ship between culture and language? Q7. Critically comment on the following lines from “Culture and Anarchy”?
“Culture, disinterestedly seeking in its aim at perfect to see things as they are, shown us how worthy and divine a thing is the religious side in men, though it is not the whole of man.: Q8. The governing theme of leavis’s “Mass Civilization and minority culture” is the destructive effect of industrialism on society & culture.” Discuss”
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Paper 4: History of English Literature. Q1. What are the salient features of Renaissance? Discuss in brief its influence on Marlowe and Shakespeare illustrating from some of their plays Q2. Critically analyze the development of Restoration drama? Q3. The Metaphysical “says T.S Eliot,” are in the traditions of Elizabethan play wrights” Discuss. Q4.Browing is said to be the precarious of the modern age. Discuss Q5. What is Pre-Raphaelitism? Illustrate with reference to Swinberae and William Morris. Q6. Write short note on any two of the following 1. Reformation : Silent feature 2. Verse Drama 3. Picaresque novel Q7. Modern Flatiron to introspective substantiates. Q8. Not to know T.S Eliot is to be ignorant of how poetry has affected modern life .Comment. Q9. Twentieth Century literature is a reassertion Romantic moment in a new setting comment. Q10. G.B Shaw’s Man and supreme is representative of both the author and the Age?
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Paper 5: The English Language. Section “A” Q1.What is the main differences between spoken English and its written variety? (OR)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of studding a language SYSTEM rather than a tool of COMMUNICATION?” (OR)
Modern linguistics holds that speech is a primary and writing is a secondary manifestation of a language. Discuss. Section “B” Q2. Discuss the examples the differences between British an American PRONUNCIATION (OR)
Critically assess the reasons for the global spread of English in the last eight years. (OR)
Write critical essay on the striking features of Elizabethan English .Illustrate your essay with specific example from note worthy writers of age. Q3. What is the effects of Norman Conquest on the developing of English? (OR)
Discuss the significance of Dr. Johnson’s efforts in the standardization and stabilization of the English language .illustrate with examples. (OR)
What languages have most influenced English in the following fields of human activities?
i) Govt. Law ii) Music medicine & religion? Give specific examples.
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