LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 51

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 3800 / 3805 – BRITISH LITERATURE (1670 – 1832)

 

 

 

Date & Time: 28/04/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00 Dept. No.                                         Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

Interpret the following lines in about 50 words each:                               10 x 2 = 20

 

1. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Elaborate on the wisdom of this line.

1. It was a miracle of rare device,

A summary pleasure – dome with cave of icel.

1. He raised a mortal to the skies;

She drew an angel down.

1. His pity gave ere charity began,

Explain the manner in which this virtue was displayed.

1. ……. These beauteous forms.

Through  a long absence, have not been to me

As is a landscape to a blind man’s eye.

1. I reverence these young Africans

of our own growth.

Explicate the under lined words.

1. Such is, the south sea House.

Describe the South Sea House.

1. The greatness of Lear……… is intellectual

– Explain.

1. The practice of stage representation

reduces everything to controversy of elocution.

– comment.

1. Notice him in his second cradle.  Explain the underlined words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART – B

Answer any Five of the following questions in short paragraphs of about 150-200 words each:                                                                                                                                                             5 x 8 = 40

1. How does Goldsmith enlist our admiration for the village parson?
2. Show how Gray describes that every human being yearns to the remembered.
3. Cull out two of the characteristics of the Romantic movement in Tintern Abbey.
4. What are the limitations of scenery and dress in theatrical representation?
5. Write a short note on Johnson’s views on Milton’s Epics.
6. Write a paragraph on Dryden’s estimate of Chaucer.
7. Write briefly on Swifts method of satire in Gulliver’s Travels.
8. Cull out four features of Comedy of manners in Congreve’s The Way of The World.

 

 

PART – C

Answer to be in about 350-400 words:                                                     2 x 20 = 40

 

1. a) Write an essay on Wordsworth’s various stages of evolution towards nature.

(or)

1. b) Comment on the range of characters that Sheridan presents in

The School for Scandal.

1. a) Account for the popularity of

She stoops To conquer.

(or)

1. b) Comment on the various themes in Jane Austen’s Pride and prejudice.

 

 

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