DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A.(English)/ B.A.(Eng) (Addl. Degree) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
ROMANTIC LITERATURE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Write a note on the popularity of the lyric and ode in the
Romantic literature.
2. How does Gray describe the Churchyard?
3. Trace the evolution of thought of "Highland Mary".
4. Critically analyse the poem "Thou shouldst be living at
this hour!"
5. Write the salient features of the Ode "Ode to the west
wind".
6. Consider Keats as a pictorial artist, with particular
reference to the "Ode on a Grecian Urn".
7. Discuss the love story of Frank and Jane.
8. Trace the discovery of the thief of the English banner.
Sub. Code
23/104
DE-2378
2
wk 3
PART B — x 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Write an essay on the Romantic movement.
10. Critically analyse the poem "The Tygar".
11. Discuss "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as a typical
ballad.
12. Write an essay on Wordsworth's attitude to Nature.
13. Consider Keats as an escapist with particular reference
to the "Ode to a Nightingale".
14. Consider Emma as a Comedy of errors.
15. Consider Scott as a historical novelist with special
reference to Talisman.
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