C.U. English Honours Question Paper 2011 [First Paper]

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2011
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.
Group-A
(O.E. Period- 1750)
1. Answer any one of the following (in 600 words):
(a) What are the distinctive features of the war poems of the Old English period?                        16
(b) Write a critical essay on the growth and development of the Elizabethan sonnet.                     16
(c) Examine the conditions of Defoe and Richardson in the development of the 18th Century English novel.                                                                                                                                                     16

2. Write short notes on any two of the following (each in 250 words):                             7X2
(a) Piers Plowman
(b)Deor’s Lament
(c) Sir Philip Sidney
(d)Tottle’s Miscellany
(e)The Way of The World
(f)Addison
Group-B
(1750-2000)
3. Answer any one of the following (in 600 words):
(a) Write a note on the English Personal essay of the Romantic period with the emphasis on any two essayists of your choice.                                                                                                                   16
(b) Asses the contribution of the women novelists of the Victorian age.                                              16
(c) The tensions of the modern period clearly demanded a new poetic technique. Discuss with reference to any two poets.                                                                                                                                 16

4. Write short notes on any two of the following (each in 250 words):                             7X2
(a) Kenilworth
(b) Gray
(c) Vanity Fair
(d) Walter Pater
(e) W.H. Auden
(f) The Golden Notebook
PHILOLOGY
Group-A
5. Answer any one of the following (in 450 words):
(a) “An Englishman cannot thrive, be ill or die without Scandinavian words; they are to the language what bread and eggs are to the daily fare.” Discuss.                                                                                    12
(b) Show how French has influenced the English Language.                                                                12
Group-B
6. Write word notes on any four:                                                                                         2X4
Alms, Church, Earl, Kine, Woman, Handbook, International, Brethen.
Group- C
7. Answer any one of the following (in 450 words):
(a) Write a note on Derivation as means of making new words in English.
(b) How did the Great War of 1914-18 leave its mark on the English language.
Group-D
8. Answer any one of the following (in 300 words):
(a) Comment on the debt that the English language owes to Milton.                                             8
(b) Examine the influence of the Bible on the English Language.                                                   8
(c) Why is the Consonant Shift important to the modern Philologist?                                            8

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