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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -ENGLISH LITERATURE
FIRST SEMESTER APRIL 2018
EL 1502- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Date: 25-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART A
I. Write a short note on any FIVE of the following questions in about 75 words each:
1. University Wits
2. Periodical Essays
3. Pre-Raphaelite Movement
4. Science Fiction
5. Absurd Drama
6. Renaissance
7. Neo-Classical Movement
8. Sentimental Drama
PART B
II. Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about 100 words each:

9. Give a brief account of John Webster's contribution to Jacobean Drama.
10. Analyze Andrew Marvell as a Metaphysical poet.
11. Attempt a brief note on Irish National Theatre.
12. Explain the chief characteristics of Beckett's plays.
13. Scrutinize Thomas Gray as a Transitional poet.
PART C
III. Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 200 words each:
(5x12=60)
14. Discuss the contribution to English poetry made by Dryden.
15. Write an essay on Hardy's art of fiction.
16. Consider T.S. Eliot a spearhead of Modernist Movement in English literature.
17. Discuss William Wordsworth as a Romantic Poet.
18. Contrast Tennyson and Browning as representatives of the two sides of Victorian Poetry.
19. Survey Shakespeare's illustrious dramatic career.
20. Justify Marlowe's claim to be the father of English Drama.
21. Bring out the merits and demerits of Jonathan Swift's famous satires.