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English Literature
Paper-II
Time Allowed: Three hours Maximum Marks: 300
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
Candidates should attemptNos.1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions, selecting at least one from each Section.


SECTION-A

1. Write short notes on any three of the following: 20 x 3 60


Easter 1916 is Yeat's celebration ofmartyrs to the Irish cause.


Waiting for Godot is absurd yet not absurd.


The Unknown Citizen signifies the irony ofconformity to the norms of the government or establishment.


Look Back in Anger is a drama ofsocial protest.


2.
Eliot's poetry is deeply implicit in multilayers ofinterpretations. Discuss with particular reference to the poems prescribed for you. 60

3.
The variety ofAuden's style is so amazing that his work seems bewilderingly diverse. Amplifythestatementwitha criticaldiscussion ofAuden'sstylewith reference to the poems prescribed for you. 60

4.
Yeatswasmorethanaromantic...Andyethewasthelastromantic whosang of'Tradition a sanctity and loveliness'. Comment. 60


P.T.G.



SECTION-B

5. Read the following extract and write short answers to the questions given at the end ofit. Word limit 60 words for each question. 12 x 5 60
As long as you arejourneying in the interiorofthe Desertyouhave no particularpointto makeforyourrestingplace. The endless sandsyieldnothing but small shrubs, eventhese fail afterthe first ortwo days, and from that time you pass overbroad plains-you pass overnewly-formed hills-youpass through valleys dug outbythe lastweek's storm, and thehills and the valleys are sand, sand, sand, still sand and only sand and sand and sand again. The earth is so unchanged that youreyes turn towards heaven-towards heaven, I mean, in the sense ofsky. You look to the sun, for he is your task-master, and by him you know the measure ofwork that you have done, and the measure ofthe work that remains to be done. He comes when you strike your tent in the early morning, and then, for the first hour ofthe day, as you move forward on your camel, he stands at your near side, and makes you know that the whole day's toil is before you; then for a while, you see him nomore, foryouareveiledandcovered, anddarenotlookuponthegreatness ofhis glory, but you know where he strides overhead, by the touch ofhis flaming sword. No words are spoken, but yourArabs moan, your camels sigh, your skin glows, your shoulders ache, and for sights you see the pattern and the web ofthe silk that veils your eyes, and the glare ofthe outer light.
1.
Write briefly why the traveller in the Desert has no particular point to make for his resting-place.

2.
"The earth is so unchanged". Showhow the authorhas described this "unchanging" sceneveryvividly.

3.
How does the sun become the traveller's task-master?

4.
Explain: 'the touch ofhis flaming sword.'

5.
Analyse the total stylistic structure ofthe passage.


6.
A Portrait oftheArtist as a Young Man is the story ofStephenDedalus as an artist. Discuss. 60

7.
"Conrad's technical innovations wereparticularlyin the use ofthe narrators, the disruptionofnarrativechronology andthe employment ofpowerful ironic tone." Discuss. 60

8.
Analysethethematicstructure ofRajaRao'snovel Kanthapura. 60





English Literature
Paper-I
Time Allowed: Three hours Maximum Marks: 300
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
Candidates should attemptNos.! and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions, selecting at least one from each section.

SECTION-A
1. Write short notes anythree ofthe following: 20 x 3 60

The undercurrent ofcolonialism in Shakespear's The Tempest.


"Characterisdestiny",withreferencetokingLear'scharacter.


Alexander Pope's mock-heroic poem, 'The Rape ofthe Lock' targets the hypocrisy and affectations ofthe 18th century society.


Ibsenunfolds the subtle layers ofgender conflict in marital relationships in Doll's House.


2.
Metaphysical poetry reflects the dialectics of the ideal and the real. Discuss. 60

3.
"Thepoetbindstogetherbypassionandknowledgethevastempire ofhuman society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time." Substantiate the statement by Wordsworth with particular reference to the poems prescribed for you. 60

4.
'InMemoriam', reflects Tennyson's spiritual dilemma andhis variousmoods ofgrief Discuss. 60


P.T.O.


SECTION-B

5. Read the following poem and write short answers to the questions given at the end ofit. Word limit for each answer is 60 words. When YouAre Old: Whenyou are old and greyand full ofsleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream oftheir shadows deep, How many loved your moments ofglad grace, And loved your beauty with false ortrue, And oneman loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows ofyour changing face, And bending down beside the glowingbars, Murmur a little sadly, how love fled,
And pacedupon themountains overhead
And his face amid a crowd ofstars.

1.
Who is the speaker inthe poem and to whom is the poem addressed?

2.
What three-fold opposition is builtup in stanza two?

3.
What expressions convey the tone ofgentleness in the speaker's style?

4.
What expressions suggest that the poet's love was true and ideal?

5.
Explainbriefly, and illustrate, the irony that holds the poem strongly together. 12 x 5 60


6.
Criticallyanalyse Swift'sportrayal oftheLiliput, Brobdingnag, Royal Society and Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels. 60

7.
Discuss Tom Jones as an epic novel, highlighting the social and moral atmosphere ofFielding's times. 60

8.
Hardy's Tess ofthe d'Urbervilles depicts the socio-economic disintegration ofagricultural England. Discuss. 60