Exam Details
Subject | prose | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
Department | ||
Organization | Alagappa University Distance Education | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | December, 2017 | |
City, State | tamil nadu, karaikudi |
Question Paper
DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
PROSE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. How does Bacon express his Admiration for truth?
2. When is revenge justified?
3. What account of himself does the spectator give in the
first essay "The Spectator's Account for himself".
4. How does Lamb compare Chimney-Sweepers to sparrows,
skylarks and warriors?
5. What is the main idea of Orwell's essay "Why I write"?
6. What is the relationship between people, nature and God
in 'Self-Reliance'?
7. How does Ngugi describe language as the carrier of
culture?
8. Discuss the essence of Russell's "Open letter to
Eisenhower and Krushchev".
Sub. Code
12
DE-2588
2
wk 3
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Write a critical appreciation of Bacon's "Of Ambition".
10. What are Johnson's views on Milton's early poems?
11. Sketch the character of Will Wimble.
12. What sketches does Lamb give of his brother and
grandmother in the essay "Dream children A Reverie"?
13. Discuss the central idea and content of the prose
"Propaganda and Demotic speech" by Orwell.
14. Write an essay on Thoreau's views on "Civil
Disobedience".
15. Treat Stephen Leacock as a humorous writer with
reference to "The Financial Expert".
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M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
PROSE
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. How does Bacon express his Admiration for truth?
2. When is revenge justified?
3. What account of himself does the spectator give in the
first essay "The Spectator's Account for himself".
4. How does Lamb compare Chimney-Sweepers to sparrows,
skylarks and warriors?
5. What is the main idea of Orwell's essay "Why I write"?
6. What is the relationship between people, nature and God
in 'Self-Reliance'?
7. How does Ngugi describe language as the carrier of
culture?
8. Discuss the essence of Russell's "Open letter to
Eisenhower and Krushchev".
Sub. Code
12
DE-2588
2
wk 3
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Write a critical appreciation of Bacon's "Of Ambition".
10. What are Johnson's views on Milton's early poems?
11. Sketch the character of Will Wimble.
12. What sketches does Lamb give of his brother and
grandmother in the essay "Dream children A Reverie"?
13. Discuss the central idea and content of the prose
"Propaganda and Demotic speech" by Orwell.
14. Write an essay on Thoreau's views on "Civil
Disobedience".
15. Treat Stephen Leacock as a humorous writer with
reference to "The Financial Expert".
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