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MA I Sem English Paper I (Poetry): Questions for CCE Dec. 2022 Note: Attempt any two of the following Questions: 1. Write a note on Milton’s use of epic similes. Illustrate your answer from Paradise Lost Book I. 2. Write a note on Chaucer’s art of characterization. 3. Discuss characteristics of Metaphysical poetry. 4. Discuss The Rape of the Lock as a mock epic poem.

Note: Attempt any two of the following questions: 7.5x2= 15 Paper III (Indian Writings in English) 1. Discuss R.N. Tagore as a poet. 2. Give a summary of Wings of Fire by Kalam. 3. Discuss Badal Sircar as a playwright. 4. Discuss Anita Desai as a novelist. 5. Give a character sketch of Savitri. 6. Sketch the character of Maya of Cry, the Peacock. *********

  Note: Attempt any two of the following questions: 7.5x2= 15 Paper II (Drama) 1. Sketch the character of Shakuntala. 2. Discuss Hamlet’s madness. 3. Discuss Twelfth Night as a romantic comedy. 4. Sketch the character of Viola. 5. 'Dr. Faustus reflects the spirit of renaissance’. Discuss. ********

M.A. Sem. I Examination (Model Question Paper) English - Paper I - Poetry Section - A (Objective Type Questions) Q1. Choose the correct option: 5x2=10 i. Milton' Paradise Lost is: a. an ode b. a lyric c. an elegy d. an epic ii. The Ramayan is a composition by: a. Kalidas b. Valmiki c. Vyas d. Tulsidas iii. Chaucer belongs to: a. 14th Century b. 16th Century c. 18th Century d. 20th Century iv. Coleridge is a: a. Classical poet b. Metaphysical poet c. Neoclassical poet d. Romantic poet v. Zimri is a character of: a. Chaucer b. Shakespeare c. Dryden d. Pope Section - B ( Short Answer Type Questions) Q2. Answer any FIVE of the following questions: 5x7=35 i. Define epic with examples. ii. What do you mean by 'Homeric Simile'. Discuss. iii. Justify the title 'Sundarkanda' iv. Write a note on Chaucer's Monk. v. Discuss the symbolic significance of 'albatross' of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. vi. Write a short note on Shakespearean sonnet. vii. De...

M.A. Sem. I Examination Dec. 2021 English Literature (Paper I - Poetry) Section-A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks. Q.1. Choose the correct option: 5x2 =10 (i) 'Rhyme Royal' is associated with: a. Chaucer b. Milton c. John Donne d. William Shakespeare (ii) A comparison by John Donne that discovers  likeness in things unlike is known as: a. Satire b. Irony c. Symbol d. Conceit (iii) The line 'Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable..' is uttered by: a. Adam b. Eve c. Satan d. Beelzebub (iv) Absalom in the poem 'Absalom and Achitophel' stands for: a. Duke of Buckingham b. Duke of Monmouth c. Earl of Shaftesbury d. Charles II (v) Ariel belongs to the category of: a. Sylphs b. Gnomes c. Nymphs d.Salamanders Section-B ( Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. 5x7= 35 Q2. Explain the following with reference to the context:      'She was so charitabl...

  M.A. Sem. I Examination Dec. 2021 English (Paper- II) -  Drama Time: 3 Hours Total Marks - 85 Pass Marks - 28 Section A (Objective Type Questions) Note; Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks; 5x2= 10 Q1. Choose the correct option: (i) Malavikagnimitra is a composition by: a. Banabhatta b. Kalidasa c. Bharat Muni d. Valmiki (ii) Gertrude is a character of: a. Marlowe b. Shakespeare c. Dryden d. Shaw (iii) To whom is Olivia married: a. Sebastian b. Orsino c. Malvolio d. Cesario (iv)Ariel is a character in: a. Hamlet b. King Lear c. Twelfth Night d. The Tempest (v) Cordelia is the daughter of: a. Prospero b. King Lear c. Claudius d. Polonius Section B (Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 7 marks. 5x7= 35 q2. Give a short introduction of Sophocles. Q3. Give a short introduction of Kalidasa. Q4. 'Frailty, thy name is woman'. Discuss this expression. Q5. Write a short note on Ophelia. Q6. Give a character ske...

MA IV Sem. English (Paper IV- American Literature) UNIT-I Annotations UNIT-II: (Prose) i. Emerson: American Scholar ii. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience UNIT- III (Poetry) i. Emily Dickinson: Because I Could not Wait for Death, I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed, A Light Exists in Spring, This is My Letter to the World. ii. Sylvia Plath: Daddy, Lady Lizarus, The Bee Meeting UNIT- IV (Drama) i. Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie ii. Edward Albee: The Zoo Story UNIT-V (Fiction) i. Earnest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea ii. Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men

MA IV Sem. English (Paper III- Indian Writings in English) UNIT-I Annotations UNIT-II: i. Sarojini Naidu ii. Kamala Das Note: All poems of each poet in V.K. Gokak ed. Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry, Sahitya Academy. UNIT- III i. M.R. Anand: Untouchable ii. R. K. Narayan: The English Teacher UNIT- IV i. Vishnu Sharma: Panchatantra ( Book I) ii. Munshi Premchand: The Shroud (Kafan) UNIT-V i. Amitav Ghosh: The Shadow Lines ii. Shashi Deshpande: That Long Silence

MA IV Sem. English (Paper II- English Language) UNIT-I Morphology: Morpheme, Allomorph, Word Formation UNIT-II: Linguistic Analysis: I.C. Analysis and Ambiguities UNIT- III Phonology: Sound Sequences: Syllable, Word Stress, Strong and Weak Forms, Stress and Intonation. UNIT- IV Grammar: Sentence types and their transformation relations: (a) Statement (b) Question (c) Negative (d) Passive (e) Imperative UNIT-V Grammar: Word Classes: Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Adjunct Phrase, Syntax Coordination, Subordination, Relative Clauses, Adverbials, Determiners, Article Features, Concord.

MA IV Sem. English (Paper I- Critical Theory) UNIT-I i. Anand Vardhan: Dhwani Theory ii. Ferdinand: Saussure: The Nature of Linguistic Sign UNIT-II: i. I.A. Richards: Two Uses of Language ii. J.C. Ransom: Concept of Structure and Texture of Poetry UNIT- III i. F.R. Leavis: Literary Criticism and Philosophy ii. J. Derrida: Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences UNIT- IV i. Edward Said: Crisis ( The Scope of Orientalism) ii.Basic Trends in Feminist Criticism UNIT-V Practical Criticism: It will contain two passages; One in verse and the other in prose for practical criticism following the technique as illustrated in I.A. Richards' book 'Practical Criticism' and David Daiches' 'Critical Approaches'.