DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) Addl. DEGREE EXAMINATION,
MAY 2016.
LITERARY FORMS
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. What is an ode?
2. What is a mock-epic?
3. Write a note on comedy.
4. What is a melodrama?
5. Write a note on the critical essay.
6. Comment on the periodical essays.
7. What is an Auto biography?
8. What are the important aspects of a short story?
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. Write an essay on sonnet and its kinds.
10. Comment on the significance of the epic and analyze its
features.
Sub. Code
13/101
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11. Examine tragedy as a literary form.
12. Trace the growth of the novel form with suitable
examples.
13. Comment on the style of the epistolary novels.
14. Write a critique of the 20th century essay.
15. Summarize the important elements of a biography and an
autobiography.