Government College University, Faisalabad
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Short Stories
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 hrs
Paper V Max Marks: 100
Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Most modern short stories dramatize the fragmentation and conflict of our
lives. Elaborate with reference to two short stories included in your syllabus.
2. Anton Chekov analyses human motivation in behaviour in his short stories.
Discuss with close reference to the story ‘The Man who lives in a Shell.
3. Write a detailed critical comment on the story ‘Everything that rises must
converge’ by Flannry O’Connor.
4. Elaborate on how Edger Allen Poe employs all the features of short story in
‘The Man of the Crowd.
5. Justify the title of the story ‘The Dead’ by James Joyce.
6. Critically examine the thematic concern in Any Tan’s short story ‘ The Voice
from the Wall’.
7. Discuss how the story ‘ My Son the Fanatic’ by Hanif Kureishi focuses on the
dilemma of living in a cross cultural society.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Model Paper Of Novel M.A English Part 2 GCUF
Government College University, Faisalabad
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Model Paper
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 Hrs
Paper III Max Marks: 100
Novel-II
Note: Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write a critical note on the role and character of Marlow in Heart of Darkness.
2. Discuss the use of epiphany in the development of Stephen Dedalus in The
Portrait of the Artist as a young man.
3. “In ‘To the LightHouse’, Virginia Woolf found a subject that enabled her to do
justice to her technique”.Discuss.
4. Discuss ‘Things Fall Apart’ as a post-colonial novel.
5. “ Ahmad Ali’s characters are caught in a restless, changing world that has lost its
Values”.Discuss.
6. In Heart of Darkness, Conrad portrays the evils of 19th century colonialism in
Africa with extraordinary vividness. Discuss.
7. What are the salient features of modern novel?
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Model Paper
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 Hrs
Paper III Max Marks: 100
Novel-II
Note: Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write a critical note on the role and character of Marlow in Heart of Darkness.
2. Discuss the use of epiphany in the development of Stephen Dedalus in The
Portrait of the Artist as a young man.
3. “In ‘To the LightHouse’, Virginia Woolf found a subject that enabled her to do
justice to her technique”.Discuss.
4. Discuss ‘Things Fall Apart’ as a post-colonial novel.
5. “ Ahmad Ali’s characters are caught in a restless, changing world that has lost its
Values”.Discuss.
6. In Heart of Darkness, Conrad portrays the evils of 19th century colonialism in
Africa with extraordinary vividness. Discuss.
7. What are the salient features of modern novel?
Model Paper Of Literary Criticism 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 IV Max Marks: 100
Literary Criticism
Note: Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Aristotle’s theory of Tragedy is governed by a preoccupation with
Audience response. Discuss.
2. ‘Our tragedies and comedies not without cause cried out against observing
Rules neither of honest civility nor of skillful poetry’, says Sidney’s statement.
3. T.S.Eliot says you can not value the poet alone, you must set him, for contrast
And comparison, among the dead”. In the light of this statement explain
Eliot’s perspective in the essay, Tradition and Individual Talent.
4. Discuss Classical Tragedy with reference to Hegel and Nietszche. [Williams]
5. ‘There is no Criticism without Ideology. ‘ How does Belsey argue this thesis in
Critical Practice.
6. Raymond Davis in ‘Tragedy and Tradition’ and Belsey in Critical Practice urge
Us to revaluate existing approaches to criticism. Discuss.
7. Critically evaluate any one of the following:
a) I am not one who much or oft delight
To season my fireside with personal talk,
Of friends who live within an easy walk,
Or neighbours, daily, weekly in my sight:
And for my chance acquaintance ladies bright,
Sons, mothers, maidens withering on the stalk,
These all wear out of me, like Forms , with chalk
Painted on rich men’s floors, for one feast night.
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(From Wordsworth’s Personal Talk)
b) I say him leap and thwack you with,
Inherited expertise. I
Saw you still the pole and work your
Some to the ground. A dying art
Bridged two generations. You thought.
Now we come for formalities.
But you talk of poetry and how
Meaningful some verses become
When the young die and old men live
( Athar Tahir: Subtraction 11)
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 Hrs
Paper IV Max Marks: 100
Literary Criticism
Note: Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Aristotle’s theory of Tragedy is governed by a preoccupation with
Audience response. Discuss.
2. ‘Our tragedies and comedies not without cause cried out against observing
Rules neither of honest civility nor of skillful poetry’, says Sidney’s statement.
3. T.S.Eliot says you can not value the poet alone, you must set him, for contrast
And comparison, among the dead”. In the light of this statement explain
Eliot’s perspective in the essay, Tradition and Individual Talent.
4. Discuss Classical Tragedy with reference to Hegel and Nietszche. [Williams]
5. ‘There is no Criticism without Ideology. ‘ How does Belsey argue this thesis in
Critical Practice.
6. Raymond Davis in ‘Tragedy and Tradition’ and Belsey in Critical Practice urge
Us to revaluate existing approaches to criticism. Discuss.
7. Critically evaluate any one of the following:
a) I am not one who much or oft delight
To season my fireside with personal talk,
Of friends who live within an easy walk,
Or neighbours, daily, weekly in my sight:
And for my chance acquaintance ladies bright,
Sons, mothers, maidens withering on the stalk,
These all wear out of me, like Forms , with chalk
Painted on rich men’s floors, for one feast night.
47
(From Wordsworth’s Personal Talk)
b) I say him leap and thwack you with,
Inherited expertise. I
Saw you still the pole and work your
Some to the ground. A dying art
Bridged two generations. You thought.
Now we come for formalities.
But you talk of poetry and how
Meaningful some verses become
When the young die and old men live
( Athar Tahir: Subtraction 11)
Model Paper Of Drama M.A English Part 1 GCUF
Government College University, Faisalabad
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 Hrs
Paper II Max Marks: 100
Drama-II
Note: Attempt 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks. Question No.1 is
compulsory.
1. Explain with reference to the context any 3 of the following passages.(25)
1. He was there this afternoon. He went to demand something he said they had
stolen from him. He talked widely about some child that had disappeared.
2. I tell you every day. Every day I say the same thing over and over again. You
And the land under building leases for summer cottages, and you must do it
now, as quick as possible, or the auction will be on top of you!
3. In my spare time, of which I have plenty, I have gone over my case
And considered how it is going to be judged by that world of science of
Which I no longer count myself a member.
4. But we were there together, I could swear to it! Picking grapes for a man
Called….(he snaps his fingers)…can’t think of the name of the man, at a
place, do you not remember?
5. Such a night. Thanks heavens I didn’t know you were out in it. I would
Have had no sleep.
2. Is Waiting for Godot a meaningful play? (25)
3. How far do you think Edward Bond is successful in applying his theories about
Drama in ‘The Sea’? (25)
4. Discuss some of the dramatic devices Ibsen has used to depict Hedda Gabler’s
Predicament. (25)
5. ‘Lopakhin is no need a merchant in the vulgar sense of the word… There is
No need for him to be the typical merchant. He is a tender- hearted man.Do
You think that this statement fully explains Lopakin’s chacacter in The
Cherry Orchard? (25)
6. Do you think that Galileo Galilai presents a conflict between the whole
Spirit of free inquiry and the official ideology? Elaborate your answer with
Reference to the play. (25)
7. Discuss the main features of drama after World War II. (25)
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 Hrs
Paper II Max Marks: 100
Drama-II
Note: Attempt 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks. Question No.1 is
compulsory.
1. Explain with reference to the context any 3 of the following passages.(25)
1. He was there this afternoon. He went to demand something he said they had
stolen from him. He talked widely about some child that had disappeared.
2. I tell you every day. Every day I say the same thing over and over again. You
And the land under building leases for summer cottages, and you must do it
now, as quick as possible, or the auction will be on top of you!
3. In my spare time, of which I have plenty, I have gone over my case
And considered how it is going to be judged by that world of science of
Which I no longer count myself a member.
4. But we were there together, I could swear to it! Picking grapes for a man
Called….(he snaps his fingers)…can’t think of the name of the man, at a
place, do you not remember?
5. Such a night. Thanks heavens I didn’t know you were out in it. I would
Have had no sleep.
2. Is Waiting for Godot a meaningful play? (25)
3. How far do you think Edward Bond is successful in applying his theories about
Drama in ‘The Sea’? (25)
4. Discuss some of the dramatic devices Ibsen has used to depict Hedda Gabler’s
Predicament. (25)
5. ‘Lopakhin is no need a merchant in the vulgar sense of the word… There is
No need for him to be the typical merchant. He is a tender- hearted man.Do
You think that this statement fully explains Lopakin’s chacacter in The
Cherry Orchard? (25)
6. Do you think that Galileo Galilai presents a conflict between the whole
Spirit of free inquiry and the official ideology? Elaborate your answer with
Reference to the play. (25)
7. Discuss the main features of drama after World War II. (25)
Model Paper Of Classical Poetry 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 1 : Poetry-II
Max Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks. Question No.1 is
compulsory.
1. Explain with reference to the context any 3 of the following.
a) I love hushed air. I trust contrariness
Years and years go past and I do not move
For I see that when one man casts, the other gather
And then vice versa, without changing sides.
b) Through the window I see no star:
Something more near
Through deeper within darkness
Is entering the loneliness:
c) I’ll take it. So it happens that I lie
Where Mr. Bleaney lay, and stub my fangs
On the same saucer-souvenir,…..
d) Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
To what green alter, O mysterious priest,
Lead’st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
e) …… England could add
Only the sooty twilight of South Yorkshire
Hung with the drumming drift of Lancasters
Till the world had seemed capsizing slowly.
f) Sowers of seed, erectors of headstones…….
O charioteers, above your dormant guns,
It sands here still, stands vibrant as you pass,
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The invisible, untoppled omphalos.
2. Compare and contrast any two ‘Odes of Keats’ that you have read.
3. What does the speaker in ‘Mr. Bleaney’ share with the former tenant of the
room? [Larkin]
4. Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind,
Reality’ s dark dream!’
How far do these lines illustrate
Dejection: An Ode’ by Coleridge?
5. ‘That Morning’ and ‘Thought Fox’ exemplify the importance of energy and
single minded concentration in Hughes. Explain.
6. Heaney’s metaphors are sensuously alive.Discuss with reference to ‘Personal
Helicon’ and ‘Tollund Man.’.
7. London is a ‘Sick Rose’. How far does Blake’s poetry bear out truth of this
statement?
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part II
Subject: English Time Allowed: 3 Hrs
Paper 1 : Poetry-II
Max Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks. Question No.1 is
compulsory.
1. Explain with reference to the context any 3 of the following.
a) I love hushed air. I trust contrariness
Years and years go past and I do not move
For I see that when one man casts, the other gather
And then vice versa, without changing sides.
b) Through the window I see no star:
Something more near
Through deeper within darkness
Is entering the loneliness:
c) I’ll take it. So it happens that I lie
Where Mr. Bleaney lay, and stub my fangs
On the same saucer-souvenir,…..
d) Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
To what green alter, O mysterious priest,
Lead’st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
e) …… England could add
Only the sooty twilight of South Yorkshire
Hung with the drumming drift of Lancasters
Till the world had seemed capsizing slowly.
f) Sowers of seed, erectors of headstones…….
O charioteers, above your dormant guns,
It sands here still, stands vibrant as you pass,
43
The invisible, untoppled omphalos.
2. Compare and contrast any two ‘Odes of Keats’ that you have read.
3. What does the speaker in ‘Mr. Bleaney’ share with the former tenant of the
room? [Larkin]
4. Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind,
Reality’ s dark dream!’
How far do these lines illustrate
Dejection: An Ode’ by Coleridge?
5. ‘That Morning’ and ‘Thought Fox’ exemplify the importance of energy and
single minded concentration in Hughes. Explain.
6. Heaney’s metaphors are sensuously alive.Discuss with reference to ‘Personal
Helicon’ and ‘Tollund Man.’.
7. London is a ‘Sick Rose’. How far does Blake’s poetry bear out truth of this
statement?
Model Paper Of American Literature M.A English Part 1 GCUF
Government College University, Faisalabad
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part I
Paper – V American Literature
Time Allowed: 3 hours Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any four questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q. 1 The novel “Jazz” by Toni Morrison reflects the complexities of urban life. Illustrate
the statement.
Q. 2 Write a comprehensive note on the theme of Feminism as treated by Sylvia Plath
and Andrienne Rich in their poems.
Q. 3 Critically evaluate any One of the following poems:
i) After the Last Bulletin by Richard Wilbur
ii) Melodic Train by John Ashbury
Q. 4 In Mourning Becomes Electra, Pat is synonymous with fate. Elaborate this
statement.
Q. 5 Discuss the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls as a critical analysis of the behaviour of
human beings under turbulent conditions of war.
Q. 6 Do you regard Abigail Williams as a victim or vamp? Base your arguments on
textual evidence.
Q. 7 Discuss the major themes in the poetry of Sylvia Plath.
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part I
Paper – V American Literature
Time Allowed: 3 hours Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any four questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q. 1 The novel “Jazz” by Toni Morrison reflects the complexities of urban life. Illustrate
the statement.
Q. 2 Write a comprehensive note on the theme of Feminism as treated by Sylvia Plath
and Andrienne Rich in their poems.
Q. 3 Critically evaluate any One of the following poems:
i) After the Last Bulletin by Richard Wilbur
ii) Melodic Train by John Ashbury
Q. 4 In Mourning Becomes Electra, Pat is synonymous with fate. Elaborate this
statement.
Q. 5 Discuss the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls as a critical analysis of the behaviour of
human beings under turbulent conditions of war.
Q. 6 Do you regard Abigail Williams as a victim or vamp? Base your arguments on
textual evidence.
Q. 7 Discuss the major themes in the poetry of Sylvia Plath.
Model Paper Of Prose M.A English Part 1 GCUF
Government College University, Faisalabad
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part I
Paper – IV Prose
Time Allowed: 3 hours Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any four questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q. 1 Evaluate Bacon’s contribution towards English prose.
Q. 2 Satire grows more and more bitter as Swift progresses from book to book in his
Gulliver’s Travels. Discuss.
Q. 3 Can ideas good or bad be so effective as Bertrand Russell has claimed in his
Unpopular Essays. Discuss.
Q. 4 How far has Edward Said succeeded in stripping the mask from the ugly mask of
imperialism in his Culture and Imperialism. Discuss.
Q. 5 Poetry is as much relevant as ever even in this highly industrialized era of ours.
Discuss with reference to Heaney.
Q. 6 Trace the development of English prose from Bacon to Heaney.
Q. 7 Swift devised a prose style that suited his purpose very well. Elaborate with
reference to his Gulliver’s Travels.
Department of English
Model Paper: MA ENGLISH Part I
Paper – IV Prose
Time Allowed: 3 hours Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any four questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q. 1 Evaluate Bacon’s contribution towards English prose.
Q. 2 Satire grows more and more bitter as Swift progresses from book to book in his
Gulliver’s Travels. Discuss.
Q. 3 Can ideas good or bad be so effective as Bertrand Russell has claimed in his
Unpopular Essays. Discuss.
Q. 4 How far has Edward Said succeeded in stripping the mask from the ugly mask of
imperialism in his Culture and Imperialism. Discuss.
Q. 5 Poetry is as much relevant as ever even in this highly industrialized era of ours.
Discuss with reference to Heaney.
Q. 6 Trace the development of English prose from Bacon to Heaney.
Q. 7 Swift devised a prose style that suited his purpose very well. Elaborate with
reference to his Gulliver’s Travels.
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