NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES

Faculty of English Language, Literature and Applied Linguistics

MA English External Examination
2014
Paper: History of Eng. Lit. & Lit. Criticism Total Marks: 100
Course Code: 01 Time Allowed: 3 hours
Note: Attempt any FIVE questions with at least two questions from each section. Q1 is
compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

Q1: The famous Victorian novels contained a sweet blend of romanticism and realism. Elaborate
in the light of contributions made by popular writers of the age.
Section A

Q2: No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.
What type of merits does Coleridge imply through this statement to be present in a poet and
poetry?
Q3: And probably more people have thought Hamlet a work of art because they found it
interesting, than have found it interesting because it is work of art. What does Eliot mean by
this? Why does he consider Hamlet as an artistic failure on the part of Shakespeare?
Q4: How does Plato prove that all poetical imitations are ruinous to the understanding of the
hearers?
Q5: What are the views of Dr. Johnson about Metaphysical poetry presented in his essay on
Cowley?
Section B

Q6: Discuss the characteristics of romantic literature of the medieval times. What is the
importance of the various cycles of romances in Anglo Norman literature?
Q7: Romanticism is liberalism in literature. Discuss the features of romantic prose in the light
of this definition presented by Victor Hugo.
Q8: Write a comprehensive note on the nature of Anglo-Saxon literature produced during the
Anglo-Saxon times.
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES
Faculty of English Language, Literature and Applied Linguistics
MA English External Examination
2014
Paper: History of Eng. Lit. & Lit. Criticism Total Marks: 100
Course Code: 01 Time Allowed: 3 hours
Note: Attempt any FIVE questions with at least two questions from each section. Q1 is
compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

Q1: Neo-Classicism brings a shift in the focus of English Literature. Discuss.

Section A

Q2: What relationship does Arnold posit between the "critical power" and the "creative power"?
Why can't there be a truly great period of literary creation without criticism? What, for
instance, was the problem with the romantics' exercise of their creative genius?

Q3: Coleridge has his disagreements with Wordsworth about poetic language. What reasons does
he give for disagreeing, and what are his own views about the matter?

Q4: What Coleridge calls the secondary imagination is the creative imagination of the artist.
How does he describe the relationship of this power to the world of objects? What
characterizes all objects as objects, and how does the secondary imagination differ? What
does it do to the world of objects?

Section B

Q5: Define Sonnet. Analyze the development and evolution of sonnet as a popular genre
throughout the ages.
Q6: Modern science had a deep and lasting effect on English novel of the Twentieth century.
Discuss.
Q7: It is the use of personal feelings and expressions that set aside the romantic prose. Discuss
the characteristic features of Romantic Prose in the light of the above statement.
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES
Faculty of English Language, Literature and Applied Linguistics
MA English External Examination
March, 2014
Paper: Drama Total Marks: 100
Course Code: 04 Time Allowed: 3 hours
Note: Attempt any FIVE questions with at least two questions from each section. Q1 is
compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

Q1: Explain any two of the following with reference to the context.
1. What is he whose grief
Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow
Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them stand
Like wonder-wounded hearers?
2. Of insolence is bred
The tyrant; insolence full blown,
With empty riches surfeited,
Scales the precipitous height and grasps the throne.
Then topples o'er and lies in ruin prone;
No foothold on that dizzy steep.
But O may Heaven the true patriot keep
Who burns with emulous zeal to serve the State.
God is my help and hope, on him I wait.
3. I thought you might have remembered the great scene where Ernani, flying from his foes
just as you are to-night, takes refuge in the castle of his bitterest enemy, an old Castilian
noble. The noble refuses to give him up. His guest is sacred to him.

Section A

Q2: Discuss G.B. Shaws notions of romanticism with respect to his play Arms and the Man.
Q3: In what way do the characters of Kristina and Krogstad prove to be contrasts to Noras
character? Explain.
Q4: Nora is a liar. Discuss in the light of the play A Dolls House.

Section B

Q5: The entire responsibility for the tragic downfall and suffering of Oedipus lies with the
gods. Do you agree with this view?
Q6: Discuss the significance of double plot in King Lear.
Q7: Dr. Faustus is a morality play. Do you agree? Give arguments in support of your answer.
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES
Faculty of English Language, Literature and Applied Linguistics
MA English External Examination
March, 2014
Paper: Drama Total Marks: 100
Course Code: 04 Time Allowed: 3 hours
Note: Attempt any FIVE questions with at least two questions from each section. Q1 is
compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

Q1: Explain any two of the following with reference to the context.

1. But the proud sinner, or in word or deed,

That will not Justice heed,
Nor reverence the shrine
Of images divine,
Perdition seize his vain imaginings,
If, urged by greed profane,
He grasps at ill-got gain,
And lays an impious hand on holiest things.
2. Well, it came into my head just as he was holding me in his arms and looking into my
eyes, that perhaps we only had our heroic ideas because we are so fond of reading Byron
and Pushkin
3. Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast,
With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts,--
O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power
So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust
The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen:
Section A

Q2: Write comprehensive notes on any two of the following

a) Oracle of Delphi
b) Seven Deadly Sins
c) Fool in King Lear
Q3: Bring out the autobiographical element in the play Doctor Faustus.
Q4: Twelfth Night is considered a great romantic comedy with a sound plot. Discuss.
Section B

Q5: Write a detailed note on the element of procrastination in the revenge of prince Hamlet in the
play Hamlet by Shakespeare.
Q6: Discuss G.B.Shaw as an anti-romantic writer in the light of his play Arms and the Man.
Q7: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is a perfect example of a modern day tragedy. Explain
with proper references from the play.