Exam Details

Subject history of english literature
Paper
Exam / Course b.a.english
Department
Organization loyola college
Position
Exam Date November, 2017
City, State tamil nadu, chennai


Question Paper

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER NOVEMBER 2017
17/16UEL1MC01 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Date: 06-11-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART A
I.Write a short note on any FIVE of the following in about 75 words each: (5×4 =20 marks)
Restoration Drama
Elizabethan poetry
Metaphysical poetry
Romanticism
Neo Classical Movement
Pre Raphaelite Movement
Drama of Ideas
Absurd Drama
PART B
II. Answer any FOUR of the following in about 150 words each. (4×8 =32 marks)
Fiction was at its peak during the period of Defoe. Evaluate.
10) Assess the significance of Renaissance poetry.
11) George Eliot is the greatest of the novelists in the delineation of feeling and the analysis of
motives. Explain.
12) Bring out the characteristics of the Personal Essays with special reference to the
Romantic prose writers.
13) Write an essay on the recurrent themes in the Irish drama.
14) Absurdist tradition was best expressed in the plays of Samuel Beckett. Explicate
PART
III. Answer any FOUR of the following in about 300 words each. (4×12 =48 marks)
.15) Discuss the contribution of Chaucer to English Literature.
16) Critically analyse the popularity of Wordsworth.
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17) Attempt a critical appreciation of Shakespearean works
18) Shaw's accomplishments are apparent due to his experiments with the 'Play of ideas'.
Substantiate.
19) Evaluate Hardy's novels as realistic representations of Wessex- life.
20) How do Tennyson and Browning handle dramatic monologue?



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