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M.A. (ENGLISH) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018
First Year
ENGLISH
Modern Literature II (1700-1850)
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks :70
Answer Question No.1 in Section-A compulsorily.
Answer two questions from Section-B and two from Section-C.
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION A
Q1) Annotate Four of the following:
Had I thousand daughters, by
Heaven! as soon have them taught
The black art as their alphabet!
Hasty in everything, or it would not be Sir Anthony Absolute.
Those who saw that they may employ conjecture to a certain degree,
were willing to indulge it a little further.
His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places,
unpracticed by the rest of the world…
Mine was it in the fields both day and night,
And by the waters, all the summer long.
But huge and mighty forms, that do not live
Like living men, moved slowly through the mind.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; thereof, ye soft pipes, play on;
Still wouldst that sign, and I have ears in vain to thy high requiem
become a sod.
SECTION B
Q2) Explain Keats as a romantic poet with a special reference to his Odes
prescribed.
Q3) Discuss Wordworth's "The prelude" as a poetic autobiography.
Q4) Why is Johnson called a neo-classic critic? Justify this statement with
reference to 'Preface to Shakespeare'.
Q5) Examine Sheridan's "The Rivals" as a comedy of manners.
Q6) Discuss the characteristics of romanticism.
SECTION C
Q7) Critically comment on the humour and satire in Alexander Pope's
The Rape of the Lock.
Q8) Write an essay on Coleridge's symbolism in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Q9) Examine Shelley's "Adonais" as a reflection of the poet's emotional sincerity.
Q10) How do the essays of Lamb exemplify his simplicity?
Q11) Austen's writing shows a hold on characterization. Justify with reference to
Emma.
Q12) Do you agree with Horace Walpole's view that She Stoops to Conquer is the
lowest of all farces? Explain.