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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010

    EL 3810  – LITERARY HISTORY – II

 

 

 

Date : 11-11-10                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

Write short notes on the following in  about 30 words each  (10 x2=20)

 

1. Echoism
2. Objective Correlative
3. Roman a Clef
4. Commedia dell’ Arte
5. Stream of Consciousness
6. Expressionism
7. Oxford Movement
8. Marxism
9. Periodical Essay
10. Closet Drama

 

 

Write a paragraph on any five of the following in about 150 words each  (5×8=40)

 

1. What are the characteristics of the protagonist in a Classical tragedy? Elucidate with example.
2. Write a paragraph on Magic Realism.
3. What is Wordsworth’s theory of poetry?
4.  Give an account of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Romances.
5.  Explain Arnold’s Touchstone Method.
6.  Write a paragraph on Feminist Criticism.
7.  Distinguish Soliloquy and Aside with relevant examples.
8. Charles Dickens as a social reformer.

 

Write an essay on any two of the following in about 500 words each:    (2×20=40)

 

1.  Write an essay on the women novelists in British literature.
2.   Write an essay on the origin of drama in England (from the tropes to regular drama in the 16^th century).
3. What are the features of Post colonial criticism?
4.  Consider English as a universal language.

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

EL 3810 – LITERARY HISTORY – II

 

 

Date : 10/11/2012            Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

Section A

Interpret any FIVE of the following passages in about 75 words each:                             5 x 4 = 20

1. He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change;

Praise Him.

2. All things betray thee, who betrayest me.

Naught shelters thee, who will not shelter me

Thou dravest love from thee, who dravest me.

3. O my Luve’s like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June.

4. A worshipper of Nature, hither came

Unwearied in that service; rather say

With warmer love-oh! With far deeper zeal of holier love.

5. Love, Hope, and self-esteem, like clouds depart

And come, for some uncertain moments lent,

6. Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free;

This is alone Life, Joy, Empire and Victory.

 

Section B

Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 150 words each:                                 5 x 8 = 40

7. Comment on the literature of the absurd theatre.
8. How do you look at English literature after T.S.Eliot?
9. Expressionism VS Realism
10. The Status of English language with reference to the modern writers.
11. Discusss any One of the recurrent theme of the present age.
12. Most of the modern literature is just an imitation of the past.  Do you agree with this view?

Substantiate your view.

Section C

Answer any TWO of the following essays in about 400 words each:                                   2 x 20 = 40

13. Analyse the main focus of the Elizabethan, Romantic, Victorian and modern periods.
14. Discuss the growth of English language with reference to the constant progress of its

Literature from the past to the present.

15. Compare and contrast any one of the British Woman writers with an Indian Woman writer.

 

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