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PRE-FINAL EXAMINATIONS - JAN / FEB -2011
FACULTY OF ARTS

B.A. III Year(Regular and CDE)Examination

ENGLISH (MODERN LANGUAGE)

PAPER-III

Time : 3 hours Max.

Marks : 100

Section-A

Answer the following in about 30lines each:

4x10=40

I a) Analyze the attitude of the Victorian Society towards literature.

OR

b) What are the essential features of romantic poetry ?

II a) What are the distinctive features of anti sentimental comedy? Discuss.

OR

b) Explain the term “Theatre of Ideas” and write a note on its main
contributors

III a) Discuss the role of symbolism in enhancing the excellence of a work of

Arts.

OR

b) Highlights the main features of ‘Neo-classicism’.

IV a) How is the steam of consciousness technique reflected in the 20 Century
novel?

OR

b)Write a note on the use of Social Realism by any two 19 Century novelists.

Section-B

Answer the following in about 60lines each:

4x15=60

V a) Write a note Eliots use of imaginary and symbolism in The Love Song.

OR

b) Dylon Thomas ‘poem in October has ‘ the freshness and immediately of

the child’s vision of nature .’-Explain

VI a) Discuss how Shaw handled the theme of love and marriage in Arms and
the Man .

OR

b) Does Shaw’s play Arms and the Man fit the description of drama of ideas?

Illustrate your answer with relevant examples.

VII a) Discuss I.A.Richards’ contribution to English Criticism with special

reference to

The Imagination.

OR

b) Give an account of Coleridge’s views on literature as expressed in his

Biographia
Liter aria

VIII a)Comment on the significance of the title of Golding’s novel Lord of the
Flies.

OR
b) Contrast the characters Piggy and Simon in Lord of the Flies.