M.A. English university papers

Canadian Literature

Max Marks: 20
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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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1 Name two poets of third phrase.
2 Name two poems of Al Purdy prescribed in your syllabus.
3 Who was Gustad?
4 Who wrote Power Politics?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Write short notes on Canadian drama and Canadian fiction.
Q6 Attempt a critical appreciation of “ My beautiful wooden leader”.
Q7 Express your views about the theme of ‘The Fire Dwellers’ with suitable references from the text.
Q8 Critically examine with examples from the poem “The Shark”.

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 What are the major themes of the novel ‘Surfacing’? Elucidate with examples from the text.
Q10 What do you understand by the term “ Diaspora”? Discuss Uma Parameswaran as a diasporic writer with examples from the text.

American Literature

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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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Q1 Who wrote Song of Myself and in which year?
Q2 ‘The Road Not Taken’ is from which volumes of poem and in which year it was published ?
Q3 Who is Fredric Henry?
Q4 What does Eugene O’Neil speaks about the origin of his play The Emperor Jones?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Write a note on the themes of Racism and Slavery deletion in the novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.
Q6 Bring out the salient features of Frost as a poet of rural life.
Q7 Discuss the relationship of the various characters in the story ‘Vitamins’.
Q8 Critically appreciate Raymond Carver’s story ‘A Small Good Thing’.

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Discuss the fusion of the theme of love and war in A Farewell to Arms.
Q10 Isolation or alienation is an important theme of The Scarlet Letter. Discuss

Postcolonial Literature

Max Marks: 20
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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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Q1 What is ethnic separation?
Q2 What do you know about Qurban Ali of “A Letter from India”?
Q3 What similarities does Atwood find in the human psyche and the Canadian environment?
Q4 What happens in the climax scene of “Tale Danda’?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Describe in brief ‘A Letter from India’ as a postcolonial text.
Q6 Write a short note on the major themes and issues discussed in Urmil Pawar’s “My Four Enemies”
Q7 Comment upon the similies and metaphors used by Atwood in “ Journey to the Interior”.
Q8 Discuss the relevance of the title ‘Things Fall Apart’?

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Compare the attitudes of Shiv K.Kumar and Kamala Das towards women. What is it what is that makes them different?
Q10 What is the significance of postcolonial literary theory? How does it help us to analyze postcolonial literature?

Indian Writings in English & the Translation

Max Marks: 20
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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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1. What is the subject of the long narrative poem “Savitri” written by Sarojini Naidu?
2. Who narrates the story in the novel Kanthapura?
3. What kind of relationship is there between dharma and his wife in the novel “Voices in the City”?
4. What does the tree symbolizes in the poem “Our Casuarina Tree”?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Discuss, Tagore as a poet of Western Romantic and Eastern Mystical Tradition.
Q6 Attempt a critical appreciation of the poem ‘Night of the Scorpion’.
Q7 Discuss Gandhian impact on ‘Kanthapura’.
Q8 Comment on the element of Irony and Satire in ‘The Guide’.

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Write a note on ‘Autobiographical Genre’ in English writings.
Q10 ‘Mahesh Dattani’s play ‘Final Solutions’ deals with the theme of communalism’. Discuss.

Twentieth Century

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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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1. What is the ‘Theatre of Absurd’?
2. Why does John Savage kill himself at the end of the novel “Brave New World”?
3. What are the two types of love according to Auden in the poem September 1, 1939?
4. What is the primary theme of ‘Sailing to Byzantium?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Discuss how the two poems of Auden reflect the Second World War in the background.
Q6 Write short note on the imagery in the poem ‘Fern Hill’.
Q7 Write a critical appreciation of the poem ‘In Memory of W.B.Yeats’.
Q8 What is the significance of the bears and squirrels game in the play?

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Analyse the portrayal of human relationship by D.H.Lawrence .
Q10 Do you agree that Brave New World is a satiric ridiculing the scientific Utopia of H.G.Wells? Discuss.

Victorian Literature

Max Marks: 20
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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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1. Who is Firdausi?
2. What is the general theme of “The Windhover”?
3. What do “Terrible Sonnets” represent?
4. Name five important characters in “Silas Marner”.

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Arnold as a literary critic. Discuss.
Q6 What imagery is used in the poem ‘The Windhover’?
Q7 Write down the summery of the poem-‘Carrion Comfort’.
Q8 Discuss the theme of the poem ‘The Deserted Garden’

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Browning’s characterisation establishes him as a poet of man. Explain with suitable examples.
Q10 Discuss the symbolic devices employed by Dickens in ‘Great Expectations’

Principles of Criticism

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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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1. What is the theme of Aristotle’s Poetics?
2. What is the test a reader should apply according to Dr. Johnson when one reads the work of a writer?
3. What are the two driving forces of the writers?
4. What do you mean by aesthetics?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Write a note on Leavis’s views on an ideal critic.
Q6 Discuss ‘Imagery Homelands’ as a critical work.
Q7 Write a note on the nature ‘Rasa’.
Q8 Anand’s fiction may be called ‘a literature of protest’. Discuss

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Make an attempt on the classification of ‘Vakrokti’.
Q10 Describe Aristotle’s concept of tragedy in ‘Poetics’.

Romantic Age

Max Marks: 20
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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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Q1 Who accompanied Wordsworth during his visit to the Abbey?
Q2 Write archaic words are used in Rime of Ancient Mariner.
Q3 What is the definition of irony?
Q4 Who was Lady Rowena?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Write a critical appreciation of the poem Ode To Grecian Urn.
Q6 What are the main features of Wordsworth’s poetry.
Q7 Write a summary of the poem Kubla Khan.
Q8 Write a note on ballad poetry.

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Discuss Pride and Prejudice as a comedy of Manners.
Q10 Discuss the salient features of Hazlitt as an essayist.

Caroline and Reformation Age

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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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Q1 The character Sir Peter Teazle is from which novel?
Q2 What is the full title of Moll Flander?
Q3 Who and what has been taught by Nature in Ode to Simplicity?
Q4 Which epic poem was written in 1667 ?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Write a note on comedy of manners.
Q6 Give the significance of the title ‘Moll Flanders’.
Q 7 Write a note on the major poets of Transitional Age.
Q8 Write a critical appreciation of Collin’s Ode to Simplicity.

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 The Battle of the Books contains a satirical background of controversy between Ancient and Modern authors in England. Discuss.
Q10 Discuss Lycidas as a Pastoral Elegy.

Renaissance to Jacobean Age

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Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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Q1 To which age did Chaucer belong?
Q2 Who was Tranquil?
Q3 When did Earl of Surrey died?
Q4 What does health represent in King Lear?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
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Q5 Chaucer’s prologue to Canterbury Tales is a blend of humour and satire. Discuss.
Q6 What do you mean by moral allegory?Illustrate it in the reference of ‘Faerie Queen’ Canto -I.
Q7 Explain with reference to the context.
“Haste therefore each degree
To welcome destiny:
Heaven is our heritage,
Earth but a player’s stage.”
Q8 Ben Johnson is a writer of comedy of Humour. Discuss.

Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
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Q9 Write a note on the themes and plot construction of the play “The Duchess of Malfi”.
Q 10 How does Johnson reflect the society and London of his times in “The Alchemist”?

English Communications and Usage

Max Marks: 20
Note: The Internal Assignment has been divided into three sections A, B, and C. Write Answer as per the given instruction.

Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow in your own words:
Since the world has become industrialised, there has been an increase in the number of animal species that have either become extinct or have neared extinction. Bengal tiger, for instance, which once roamed the jungle in vast
numbers, now number only 2300 and by the year 2025 their population is esteemed to be down to zero. What is alarming about the case of Bengal tiger is that this extinction will have been caused almost entirely by poachers who
accordingly to some sources, are not interested in material gain but in personal gratification. This is an example of the callousness that is part of what is causing the problem of extinction. Animal like the Bengal tiger, as well as those endangered species, are a valuable part of this world’s ecosystem. International law protecting these animals must be enacted to ensure their survival, and the survival of the planet. Countries around the world have begun to deal with the problem in various ways. Some countries, in order to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amount of land to animal reserves. They then charge admission to help defray the costs of maintaining the parks, and they often must also depend on world organizations for support. With the money get, they can invest in equipment and patrols to protect the animals .Another solution that is an attempt to stem the tide, of animal extinction is an international boycott of products made from endangered species. This seems fairly effective, but it will not, by itself, prevent animals from being hunted and killed.

Q.1. What is author’s main concern in this passage?
Q.2. Which of the following word is closest in the passage in meaning to the word ‘frightening’? and What is the meaning of the phrase ‘Stem the tide’?
Q3. Why certain species are becoming extinct?
Q.4. What solution does the author suggest for the protection of tigers?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any 2 questions. Each answer should not exceed 200 words. Each question carries 4 marks. 2×4=08

Q5 Make notes on the passage given above.
Q6 As a staff reporter of Hindustan times, who witnessed a multiple collision of a Maruti car, a scooter and a tourist bus in a road accident, write a report .
Q7 Write notes in 200 words each with suitable examples on the following:

1. Compounding
2. Morphology

Q8 Write a note on Electronic Communication.
Section ‘C’ (Long Answer Questions)
Note: Answer any one question. You have to delimit your each answer maximum up to 800 words. Each question carries 08 marks.

Q9 Write detail notes on the Morphology and Phonology and explain them with suitable examples.
Q10 Explain the following formal structure of phrase type with examples to support your definitions and explanations:-
1. Noun phrase
2. Verb phrase
3. Adjective phrase
4. Adverb phrase
5. Prepositional phrase