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C.U. English Honours Part-I Question Paper 2016 [First Paper]

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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 18^th 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)

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

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