Model Paper Of Literature in English around the World M.A English Part 2 GCUF

Government College University, Faisalabad
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 hrs
Paper :VI Max Marks: 100
Literature in English around the World
Attempt FOUR questions in all. You have to attempt at least One question from
each section. All questions carry equal marks.
Section – 1 Drama
1) Critics claim that ‘Laughter and tears are two poles of Lorca’s Theatre’.
Discuss with close reference to the ‘House of Bernarda Alba.
2) How far can Brian Friel’s play Translations be described as a play about
political power?
Section -2 Novel
3) Compare and contrast the characters of Fetyukov and Shukov in the novel
‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
4) How does Ngugi examine the historical impact of colonialism on Kenya in his
novel ‘The River Between’?
Section -3 Poetry
5) Critically examine one of the following poems:
i) The Street of Nightingales
ii) Mango Seedling
6) Discuss the major thematic concerns in Moniza Alvi’s ‘The Country at my
Shoulder’.
7) Discuss critically Alamgir Hashmi’s use of myth in ‘Encounter with the
Sirens’.