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2016
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. Assess Chaucer contribution to the
development of English literature. 16
2. Write short notes on the following (each
in 250 words): 7X2
(a) Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
(b) Caedmon
Section-2
3. Is it fair to say that Jacobean drama
was a decadent form of Elizabethan drama? Discuss with special reference to any two Jacobean playwrights. 16
4. Write short notes on the following (each
in 250 words): 7X2
(a) Amoretta
(b) Andrew Marvell
Section-3
5. Give an account of 18th
century periodical essays, focusing on any
two authors. 16
6. Write short notes on the following (each
in 250 words): 7X2
(a) Hudibrass
(b) Laurence Sterne
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
7. Write an essay on the features of the
Romantic Revival with special reference to any
two poets.
8. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2
(a) Kenilworth
(b) Thomas Grey
Section-2
9. Give an account of Victorian non-fiction
prose literature with special reference to any
two authors. 16
10. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2
(a) Oscar Wilde
(b) In
Memoriam
Section-3
11. Give an account of English poetry
between the two World War.
12. Write short notes on the following (each in 250 words): 7X2
(a) D.H. Lawrence
(b) Murder
in the Cathedral
PHILOLOGY
Group-A
13. Answer any one of the following (in 450 words):
(a) Assess the role of the Scandinavian
influence in shaping the English language.
(b) Examining the consequence of the Battle
of Hastings (1066) for the English language.
Group-B
14. Write word notes on any four:
2X4
Island, bishop, egg, spinster, dream,
picture, burgle, vixen.
Group- C
15. Answer any one of the following (in 450 words):
(a) Discuss any two regular processes whereby native resources are utilized to
form new words in English.
(b) Examine
the differences between British English and American English.
Group-D
16.
Answer any one of the following (in
300 words):
(a) Comment on Shakespeare as a ‘maker’ of
the English Language.
8
(b) Explain Grimm ’s Law with examples. 8
(c) Examine
how translations of the Bible have enriched the English language. 8
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