LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 1501 – LITERARY FORMS AND LITERARY APPRECIATION

Date : 02-05-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

PART – A

Name the three chief types of Ode.
What is Ballad?
Set forth the basic difference between the Italian sonnet and the English sonnet.
Give any three examples of elegy in English poetry.
How is satire different from lampoon?
What is tragic-comedy?
How does plot vary from story?
Distinguish between rising action and falling action in drama.
What are the six elements of tragedy as stated by Aristotle?
Name the three ideals of the French Revolution.

PART – B

Cull out the salient features of epic poetry.
Attempt a brief note on the aesthetic movement.
Post Modernism is both a continuation and a break away from Modernism – Substantiate.
Elucidate the chief features of Metaphysical poetry in English.
Explain point of view in novel.
Explicate Aristotle’s theory of tragic hero.
Analyse the important precepts advocated by the Renaissance in literature.
Present an appraisal of satirical comedy.

PART – C

III. Answer any ONE of the following in about 250 words: (1 x 15 = 15)

Discuss in detail the origin and outcome of the Reformation movement in England.
Compare and contrast the features of the Neo-Classical movement and the Romantic revival.

PART – D

21. Attempt an appreciation of the following poem in 200-250 words. (15 marks)

Sonnet No. 130

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

William Shakespeare

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