DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (English) (Addl) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
MAY 2017.
LITERARY FORMS
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. What was the origin of the Lyric poem?
2. What is a Horatian Ode?
3. Write a short note on idyll.
4. Explain satire.
5. What are the features of autobiography?
6. Write a short note on Picaresque novel.
7. What are the features of the historical novel?
8. Distinguish between formal and informal essays.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Write an essay on epic.
10. Discuss the salient features of the different sonnets.
Sub. Code
13/101
DE-080
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11. Write an essay on ballads.
12. Briefly trace the history of the essay.
13. Write an essay on short story.
14. What are the characteristics of picaresque novel?
15. Write an essay on tragedy.