2021
ENGLISH-HONOURS
Paper : CC - 1
Full Marks- 65
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
Group-A
(History of English Literature)
Section- I
1. Answer the following: 1 x5
(a) Name an Old English epic poem.
(b) Who is the author of Ashtrophel and Stella?
(c) Who wrote The Spanish Tragedy?
(d) Name a play by William Congreve.
(e) Name the author of Tristram Shandy.
2. Answer any one question from the following (within 400 words): 10 x 1
(a) Write a short essay on Old English Prose.
(b) Write a short essay on the distinctive feature of the Comedy of Humours with special reference to the works of Ben Jonson.
(c) Write a short essay on the rise of the novel in the 18th century with reference to any two novelists.
3. Answer any one question from the following (within 200 words): 5 x 1
(a) Write a short note on Chaucer's The Canterbury tales.
(b) Write a short note on the University Wits.
(c) Briefly mention the distinct characteristics of the Restoration Comedy of Manners.
4. Answer the following: 1 x 5
(a) Name a book by William Blake.
(b) Who is the author of David Copperfield.
(c) Name a work by Joseph Conrad.
(d) Who wrote A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
(e) Name the author of The Waste Land.
5. Answer any one question from the following (within 400 words): 10 x 1
(a) Write a short essay on Romantic Non-Fiction with reference to any two writers.
(b) Estimate the contribution of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with reference to any two poets.
(c) Assess the contribution of Virginia Woolf in English Literature.
6. Answer any one question from the following (within 200 words): 5 x 1
(a) Show your acquaintance with Charles Dickens.
(b) Briefly assess the importance of the Bronte sisters.
(c) Write a short note on Look Back in Anger.
Group - B
(Philology)
Section - I
7. Answer any one question from the following (within 400 words): 10 x 1
(a) Make an estimate of the Latin influence on the English language during the Renaissance.
(b) Examine the nature and account of the Scandinavian influence on the English language.
(c) Assess the importance of the French influence on English vocabulary.
Section - II
8. Answer any one question from the following (within 400 words): 10 x 1
(a) Comment on the Verne's Law in English language.
(b) Discuss any two word formation processes in English.
9. Write a short note on any one of the following: 5 x 1
(a) Hybridism
(b) Free and Fixed compounds
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