2018
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) Who
is considered the father of English Prose?
(b) Name an important work written by Chaucer in his
Italian phase.
(c) Name one play written by Ben Jonson.
(d) Name the form in which Richardson's Pamela is
written.
(e) Name
a play written by Christopher Marlowe.
2. Answer any
one question from the following (within 400 words): 10 x 1
(a) What
epic qualities do you find in Beowulf?
(b) Comment on the art of sonnetering in the Age of
Elizabeth with particular reference Spenser.
(c) What
are the distinctive features of the Restoration Comedy of Manners? Answer to
any one representative dramatist.
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) Show your acquaintance with Thomas Kyd.
(c) Write
a short note on Tom Jones.
Section - II
4.
Answer the following: 1 x 5
(a) Mention a poem by Thomas Gray.
(b) Name two leading members of the
Pre-Raphaelite movement.
(c) Name one play written by Harold Pinter.
(d) Who wrote The Waste Land.
(e) Name a novel by James Joyce.
5. Answer
any one question from the following
(within 400 words): 10 x 1
(a) Discuss the features of pre-romantic
poetry with reference to two poets.
(b) Estimate the contribution of any two Victorian women novelists.
(c) Assess the importance of Joseph Conrad.
6. Answer
any one question from the following
(within 200 words): 5 x 1
(a) Discuss briefly the importance of
Charles Lamb.
(b) Discuss briefly two characteristics
that make T.S.Eliot a modern poet.
(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) Estimate the nature and extent of the
French influence on the English Language.
(b) Write an estimate of the Scandinavia
influence on the English Language.
(c) Discuss the nature and extent of the
Latin influence on the English language.
Section - II
8. Answer
any one question from the following
(within 400 words): 10 x 1
(a) Define and discuss 'Shortening' and 'Back-formation'.
(b) Assess the importance of Consonant
Shift in English Language.
9. Write
a short note on any one of the
following: 5 x 1
(a) Monosyllabism
(b) Malapropism