B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
Second Semester
English
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
(CBCS 2017 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Who is considered to be one of the founders of modern
systematic thought?
2. Which poem of Marvell illustrates the metaphysical blend
of passion and metaphysical conceit?
3. Whose first play was The Wild Gallant?
4. Who first hit on the idea of Sir Roger de Coverley?
5. Where did the first of Lamb's essays appeared?
6. Who created the immortal characters Mrs. Malaprop and
Bob Acres?
7. What is the form employed by Browning in his poems?
8. What does Wilde embody in his works?
9. Whose name is associated with sprung rhythm?
10. How many dramas did Eliot write?
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Part B X 5 25)
Answer all questions, choosing either or
11. What are the features of metaphysical poetry?
Or
Discuss the characteristics of Milton's poetry.
12. Comment on the prose works of Jonathan Swift.
Or
Write a note on Dryden's early poetry.
13. What are the distinctive qualities of Johnson's
works?
Or
Comment on the skillfully constructed plots of Jane
Austen.
14. Bring out the craftsmanship of Tennyson.
Or
Comment on the social novels of Charles Dickens.
15. Comment on the stream of consciousness method
employed by Woolf.
Or
Comment on the features of Hopkins's poetry.
Part C X 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Discuss the features of Shakespeare's plays.
17. How far is Pope a great artist?
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18. What are the characteristic features of Wordsworth's
poetry?
19. Examine the achievements of Hardy as a novelist.
20. What makes Eliot a great writer of the twentieth
century?
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