LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2011

EL 6600 – HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

 

 

 

Date : 05-04-2011              Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

 

1. Identify the following writers by relating them to:                    (10 × 2 = 20)
2. Literary school and movement
3. The chief literary form promoted
4. Contemporary writers
5. Any significant historical/social/political/ideological event. Your answer should not exceed 30 words.
6. Marlowe John Donne
7. Ben Jonson                               Dr. Johnson
8. Francis Bacon Charles Lamb
9. Thomas Wyatt William Blake
10. John Webster Conrad

 

PART – B

 

1. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words. (5 × 7 = 35)

• Write a note on the contribution made by Chaucer.
• Discuss the major characteristics of the English sonnet.
• Consider the impact of Puritanism.
• Discuss the Periodical essay.
• Examine briefly Restoration Drama.
• Consider Tennyson as a major poet.
• Evaluate the influence of Science Fiction.
• Highlight the chief elements of American Drama.

PART – C

 

• Answer any THREE of the following in about 250 words:                    (3 × 15 = 45)
• Attempt an essay discussing the place of Shakespeare in the English canon.
• Evaluate the importance of the works of John Milton.
• Examine the dominant characteristics of the Romantic Movement.
• Consider Hemingway as one of the most important writers of the 20^th

A comprehensive knowledge of the history of English Literature enables a deeper appreciation of literature. Justify this statement.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

EL 6600 – HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

 

 

Date : 16-04-2012                         Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART – A

 

1. Identify the following writers by relating them to:    (10 × 2 = 20)
2. Literary school and movement
3. The chief literary form promoted
4. Contemporary writers
5. Any significant historical/social/political/ideological event. Your answer should not exceed 30 words.

 

 

1. Spenser
2. Earl of Surrey
3. Andrew Marvell
4. Alexander Pope
5. John Bunyan
6. Keats
7. Tennyson
8. Ruskin
9. Hardy

10. Hemingway

 

PART – B

 

1. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words each: (5 × 7 = 35)

 

11. Identify the main literary events in the Age of Chaucer.
12. Write a note on the University Wits.
13. Discuss the Reformation movement.
14. Bring out the major aspects of Restoration Drama.
15. Consider the Dramatic monologue as a literary form.
16. Evaluate Bernard Shaw as a major dramatist.
17. Show how Science Fiction is becoming a major trend in literature.

 

18. Describe the characteristic traits of American Poetry.

 

 

PART – C

 

• Answer any THREE of the following in about 250 words each:
• × 15 = 45)

19. Trace the impact of Renaissance on English Literature.
20. Attempt an evaluation of Metaphysical poetry.

 

• Examine in detail the Periodical Essay and its growth.
• Make an assessment of the contribution of Charles Dickens to

British fiction.

 

• Consider Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams as major American

dramatists.

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

EL 1502 – HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

 

 

 

Date : 08/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART – A

 

1. Write short notes on any Five of the following in about 75 words each: (5×4=20)

 

1. University Wits
2. Puritanism
3. Oxford Movement
4. Reformation
5. Restoration drama
6. Comedy of Manners
7. Pre Raphaelite Movement
8. Science fiction

PART – B

 

1. Answer any four of the following in about 100 words each: (4×5=20)

 

1. Enumerate the contribution of Christopher Marlowe to English literature.
2. Who are the Metaphysical poets and what are the salient features of their poetry?
3. Discuss the notable features of George Eliot.
4. What are the contributions of Wyatt and Surrey to the sonnet form?
5. Comment on the works of Shelley and Keats.

PART – C

 

III. Answer any Five of the following questions in about 200 words each:                     (5×12=60)

 

1. Analyze the contribution of Shakespeare to English drama.
2. How do Chaucer’s works serve as a mirror to the times?
3. Write a note on the periodical essay.
4. Comment on the influence of Nature on Wordsworth’s poetry.
5. Write an essay on Absurd drama with special reference to Samuel Beckett.
6. What is the contribution of Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning’s poems to English Literature?
7. Attempt an essay on the contribution of Jane Austen’s novels.
8. Highlight the contributions of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw to English drama.

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