The earliest known English literature is the poem Beowulf. Some major periods of English literature include the Old English, Middle English, Renaissance, Restoration, Romantic, Victorian, Twentieth century, and Twenty-first century.
Please check whether you have got the right question paper.
N.B: 1. Attempt all five questions.
2. All questions carry equal marks.
Prescribed Texts.
1. Shakespeare : A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2. Shakespeare : Romeo and Juliet
3. Wycherley : The Country wife
4. Selected verse from the Elizabethan, Jacobean and Restoration Periods.
5. The Background of British Literature (1550-1750)
Q. 1 a) Assess the contribution of some major prose writers to the development of English prose in the (20)
sixteenth century.
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b) Analyse the features of Neo-classical poetry.
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c) Discuss the contribution of the dramatists to Jacobean drama.
Q. 2 a) “Shakespearean tragedy is the outcome of destiny and fate. Discuss with reference to the play (20)
Romeo and Juliet.
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b) Romeo and Juliet involves the struggle of the lovers against public and social institution- Discuss.
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c) Write short notes on any two of the following:
i) The role of Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet.
ii) Significance of dream in the play
iii) Mercutio the witty sceptic
iv) Imagery of light and darkness in the play
Q. 3 a) Comment on A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a celebration of love in all its aspects. (20)
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b) Explain the significance of title of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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c) Write short notes on any two of the following:
i) The opening scene of the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ii) Lysander and Demetrius
iii) The play within the play in Midsummer Night’s Dream
iv) The role of Puck in the play
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Q. 4 a) Examine The Country Wife as the play that actually reflects the moral decadence of Restoration (20)
age.
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b) Comment on marriage as a theme of the play The Country Wife
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c) Write short notes on any two of the following:
i) Women characters in The Country wife
ii) Significance of the title of the play
iii) Sparkish and Harcourt
iv) Ending of the play
Q. 5 a) Explain Shakespeare’s admiration and devotion to his friend as in the sonnets prescribed for your (20)
study.
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b) Discuss religion as one of the themes of the poems of John Donne and George Herbert.
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c) Write short notes any two of the following:
i) Thematic concerns in Milton’s Lycidas
ii) Dryden’s portrayal of Absalom in Absalom and Achitophel
iii) Spenser’s March Eclogue
iv) Belinda’s dressing table rites in The Rape of The Lock
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Time: 3 hours Marks: 100
Please check that you have received the correct question paper.
N.B.: i) Attempt all five questions.
ii) Answers should be relevant to the questions set.
iii) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 a) Discuss the development of the English language under the various (20)
invasions.
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b) Examine in detail the European influences on the English language.
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c) Explain how science and technology have contributed to the growth of
English language.
Q.2 A) Write short notes on any two of the following: (10)
i)Pidgins and Creoles
ii) Multilingualism
iii) Register
iv) Varieties of English Dialects
v) Slang
B) Rewrite any four of the following in phonetic script and mark the (04)
prominent syllable in each:
i)prison
ii) ship
iii) venture
iv) chameleon
v) precious
vi) dilute
C) Rewrite any three of the following sentences giving stress and intonation (03)
marks:
i) He came late from school.
ii) Can I borrow your jacket?
iii) How beautiful is the flower!
iv) Please keep quiet.
v) Rita is a sincere girl, isn’t she?
vi) They are going to the mall.
D) Attempt a morphological analysis of any two of the following: (03)
i) reattaintment
ii) national
iii) maladjustment
iv) humanism
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