MAEG-04
December Examination 2016
M.A. (Prev.) English Examination
The Romantic Age
Paper MAEG-04
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 80
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C. Write your answers as per instructions given to you.
Section A 8 × 2 16
(Very Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section contains 8 very short answer type questions (one word, one sentence and definition type item) having weightage of 16 marks. Examinees will have to attempt all questions. Each question carries 2 marks and the maximum word limit is 30 words.
What is the significance of the Albatross in Coleridge Ancient Mariner?
What does Keats say about truth and beauty in his Ode to The Ancient Grecian Urn.
Describe the pleasure dome in 'Kubla khan'
What are the main characteristics of a pastoral elegy?
How do you distinguish between a simile and a metaphor?
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MAEG-04 1700 3 (Contd.)
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What does 'Hellenism' refer to?
Name at least four Romantic poets.
(viii) In which poem the image of Abyssinian maid singing
on the dulcimer' appear?
Section B 4 × 8 32
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section contains 8 short answer type questions.
Examinees are supposed to answer any 4 questions.
Each question carries 8 marks. The weightage of the
section is of 32 marks. Limit of each answer is 200 words.
Discuss 'The Vision of Judgement' as a satire.
Write on the myth of Urania and Adonais in Shelley's Adonais.
How does Keats represent autumn through personification.
Comment upon the supernatural element in Coleridge's
Christabel.
What are the salient features of Romantic poetry? Discuss.
Discuss Wordsworth as a poet of nature.
What is the moral theme in Coleridge's Ancient Mariner.
What is the significance of the Albatross in the Ancient Mariner.
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Section C 2 × 16 32
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: This section contains 4 long answer type questions. Each
question carries sixteen marks. Examinees are supposed
to answer any two questions. The weightage of this
section comes to 32 marks. The limit of each answer is
500 words.
10) Write a note on the prose style of William Hazlit.
11) What are the features of Lamb's essays in terms of prose
style?
12) Present the character sketch of Frankenstein.
13) What are the social themes Jane Austin's novel "Pride and
Prejudice".