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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -ENGLISH LITERATURE
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2018
EL 2501- BRITISH LITERATURE (1150-1950)
Date: 26-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
I. Explain the following passages in about 50 words each: (10x2=20)
1. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
2. Ofvapours, from whose solid atmosphere
Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst: oh hear!
3. And post o'er land and ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait."
4. Something is always approaching; every day Till then we say,
5. The reward of sin is death? That's hard. If we say that we have no sin, We deceive ourselves, and theres no truth in us.
6. Let school masters puzzle their brain with grammar and nonsense, and learning: good liquor, I stoutly maintain, gives genius a better discerning,
7. True madam; those who have most virtue in their mouths, have least of it in their bosom.
8. The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,
Each like a corpse within its grave, until
Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow
9. Though use make you apt to kill me,
Let not to that, self-murder added be,
And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.
10. If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men.
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II. Answer any five of the following in about 150 words each choosing not more than three from each part. PART-A
11. Analyse the poemas a yearning for individualism and knowledge, rather than focusing on its undercurrents of insensitivity and misogyny.
12. Discuss Donne's "The Flee" as a typical metaphysical poem.
13. What are the different manifestations of the west wind according to Shelley? 14. Write a character sketch of Marlowe in, "She stoops to conquer"
PART-B
15. Discuss the criticism of modern life in the first stanza of ,"Sailing to Byzantium"
16. Analyse the ideas of George Orwell's views on the function of the English language in politics.
17. What are the biblical allusions in, "Waiting for Godot"?
18. How is Robinson Crusoe an enlightened character?
III. Answer the following in about 300 words each: (2x20=40)
19. A. Examine "Dream Children", A Reverie as a specimen of Dream literature. B .Discuss the different conceptions of bravery presented by the play, "Arms and the Man".
20. A. What sort of dramatic or thematic unity do you find in the tale of Silas Marner?
B. What is the function of the Good Angel and the Evil Angel in the drama?