a Total Printed Pages :4] trot No LLO.LO€... M/Sem 1/368 M. A. Semester | Examination, 2016-17 ENGLISH Paper : Course-4 : ENG-104 (Prose) Time: Three Hours] [ Bull Marks : 70 [Write your Roll No. at the top immediately on the receipt of this question paper.] Note: (i) The figures in the right-hand side indicate marks. (ii) Answer all questions. (iii) Candidates are required to write their | answers in their own words as far as | practicable. SECTION-A Note: Long answer type questions to be answered in about 500 words each. 2x12=24 «le Bacon's essays reflect his deep understanding of human nature and ripe experiences of life. Discuss and illustrate with help of suitable examples from the essays prescribed. Pe.M/Sem 368 OR “jrony and urbanity are two most prominent traits in the essays of Addison.” Critically examine this statement. ‘The clement of self-reflection in Lamb's essays gave a personal touch to the readers that they took him to their hearts. Discuss with reference to the essays prescribed. OR In what ways does Hero as Man of Letters represent an entirely new phenomenon ? Discuss. SECTION -B Explain, with reference to the context, any three of the following passages in about 200 words each : 3x 6= 18 _Y Men in great place are thrice servants : servants. of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom; neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times, Il is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over oth and to lose power over a man’s self. (b) The joys of parents are secret; and so are their / griefts and fears. They cannot utter the one; nor they will utter the other, Children sweeten labours; but they make misfortunes more bitter. ‘They increase the cares of life; but they mitigate the remembrance of death. In a certain sense. I hope it may be said of me that Lama lover of my species. (2) M/Sem 1/968 (a) Every man hath two birth-days : two days atleast, in every year, which set him upon revolving the lapse of time, as it affects his mortal duration. (©) It depends on what we read, after all manner of Professors have done their best for us. The true University of these days is a Collection of Books. SECTION-C 4, Answer any three questions in about 200 words each 3x 6=18 (a) What, according to Bacon, is the relationship ~~" between parents and children like? {b) Do you think that if all the essays on Sir Roger de ~~ Coverley are put together, they will make a novel ? Discuss. (c} What distinction does Carlyle make between | ‘genuine Men of Letters and not genuine” _(@) Critically examine Huxley's views on the relationship of tragedy to the whole truth. (©) Write a short note on Russell's humanitarian perspective with special reference to the essays prescribed. ‘ SECTION -D 5. Answer the following questions in a word or a sentence each 1x10=10 (a) Why does Bacon compare truth to pearl ? (b) Why does Bacon call death the wages of sin ? (3) P.T.O.M/Sem 1/368 (c) @ ) (e) (f) (g) @ (i) Who are the members of the Coverley Household ? How long did Lamb remain at the Christ's Hospital ? Why, according to Lamb, is New Year's Day more important than one's birthday ? - When did Carlyle deliver his lecture "The Hero as Man of Letters” ? Name the three authors who Carlyle refers to as heroes in "The Hero as Man of Letters" ? In which year was Russell awarded the Nobel Prize ? Who accompanies Sir Roger de Coverley to the theatre ? How many companions of Odysseus did Scylia devour ? (4) 509