English Honours Question 2012
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2012 ENGLISH-HONOURS First Paper Full Marks-100 The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. Three questions will have to be answered (one question of 16 marks and two questions of 7 marks each) taking only one from each section. Examinees are not allowed to answer twice from the same section. Group-A (O.E. Period- 1750) Section-1 1. Write a short essay on Old English Christian Poetry? 16 2. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2 (a) Battle of Maldon (b)The Canterbury Tales Section-2 3. Critically assess the contribution of the University Wits to English Drama. 16 4. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2 (a) Francis Bacon (b) Faerie Queene Section-3 5. Assess the importance of Augustan Satire with reference to any two authors. 16 6. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2 (a) John Milton (b) Gulliver Travels Group-B (1750-2000) Three questions will have to be answered (one question of 16 marks and two questions of 7 marks each) taking only one from each section. Examinees are not allowed to answer twice from the same section. Section-1
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2012ENGLISH-HONOURS
First PaperFull Marks-100
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.Three questions will have to be answered (one question of 16 marks and two questions of 7 marks each) taking only one from each section. Examinees are not allowed to answer twice from the same section.
Group-A(O.E. Period- 1750)
Section-11. Write a short essay on Old English Christian Poetry? 162. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2(a) Battle of Maldon(b)The Canterbury TalesSection-23. Critically assess the contribution of the University Wits to English Drama. 164. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2(a) Francis Bacon(b) Faerie QueeneSection-35. Assess the importance of Augustan Satire with reference to any two authors. 166. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2(a) John Milton(b) Gulliver Travels
Group-B(1750-2000)
Three questions will have to be answered (one question of 16 marks and two questions of 7 marks each) taking only one from each section. Examinees are not allowed to answer twice from the same section.Section-17. The Romantic Revival in English Poetry is a ‘return to nature’. Do you agree? Justify your answer.8. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2(a) Jane Austen(b) William BlakeSection-2
9. Give an account of the Victorian non-fiction prose with special reference to the works of any two authors. 1610. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2(a) Charles Dickens(b) In MemoriamSection-311. Write an essay on the Theatre of the Absurd. 1612. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2(a) Siegfried Sassoon(b) Salmon Rushdie
PHILOLOGYGroup-A
13. Answer any one of the following (in 450 words):(a) There has been uninterrupted possibility of Latin influence on the English Language. Answer with illustrations. 12(b) Bring out with illustrations any two important aspects of the Scandinavian influence on the English language. 12Group-B14. Write word notes on any four: 2X4Assassination, egg, island, children, by-law, picture, admiral, trusteeship.Group- C15. Answer any one of the following (in 450 words):(a) Discuss any two ‘regular processes’ by which the native resources are utilized to form new words In English.(b) Assess the American influence on the English language.Group-D16. Answer any one of the following (in 300 words):(a) Verner’s Law and its significance. 8(b) Examine Shakespeare’s influence on the English Language. 8(c) Bring out the influence of biblical phrases and words on the English Language. 8
