C.U. English Honours PART-II Question Paper 2012 [Fourth Paper]

2012

ENGLISH-HONOURS

Fourth 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

1.       Answer any one of the following questions: (within 600 words)    16x1                                                                                               

a)      Comment on Jane Austen’s treatment of the theme of the marriage in Pride and Prejudice.

b)       Elizabeth Bennet is the moving force in the novel Pride and Prejudice.

c)       Write a critical note on Scott’s treatment of history in Kenilworth.  

d)      Illustrate Scott’s art of characterization, focusing on any two characters in Kenilworth. 

Group-B

2. Answer any one of the following questions: (within 600 words)    16x1       

a)      Critically comment on the existence of the playful and serious elements in The Superannuated Man.

b)      Discuss the episode of shooting an elephant in George Orwell’s essay.

3. Explain with reference to the context. Any one of the following phrases: (within 300 words)  8x1

a)      But time partially reconciles us to anything, I gradually became content—doggedly content as wild animals in cages.

b)      “….for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much large…”

Group-C

4. Write note (in around 200 words each) on any two of the following literary terms.      5 x 2

a.       Gothic Novel

b.      Round Character

c.       Bildungsroman

d.      Irony

Group-D

5. Answer any two of the following questions: (each within 600 words)                                                16 X 2

a)      Examine the appropriateness of the title of the Joyce’s short story Araby.

b)      Comment on the use of the symbols in Bate’s story The Ox.

c)       Bring out the significance of the fly episode in Mansfield’s short story The Fly.

Group-E

5. Answer any one of the following questions: (within 700 words)                                          18 X 1

a)      Discuss the role of the narrator in The Secret Sharer.

d)      Comment on the theme of Conrad’s story The Secret Sharer.

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