3 (Sem–5) ENG M 4 ( 2 )

2020 3. Answer any three of the following : 5×3=15

( Held in 2021 ) (a) How would you assess Woolf’s view that
‘pleasure’ is the driving principle of the
ENGLISH essay as a literary form?

(b) Write in brief on Negative Nationalism.

( Major )
(c) How does Lawrence highlight the
Paper : 5.4 superiority of novel over other forms of
literature?
Full Marks : 42
(d) Write a note on Elwin’s experience at
Time : 2 hours Dirang.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks (e) Discuss about Positive Nationalism.
for the questions
GROUP—B
GROUP—A
( Marks : 21 )
( Marks : 21 )

1. Answer the following questions : 1×2=2 4. Answer any three of the following : 7×3=21

(a) What does the chant, Om Mani Padme
Hum mean?
(b) What is The Magic Flute?
2. Answer briefly the following questions :
(a) How does Orwell distinguish between
Nationalism and Patriotism?
(b) Why does Lawrence say that The Bible is
a great confused novel?
(a) Write an essay on the hospitality of the
people of the different villages that
Elwin came across during the journey to
Tawang.
2×2=4 (b) “The Novel is the one bright book of life.”
Do you agree to this statement? Justify.
(c) Write an illustrative note on the rise and
spread of Nationalism in Europe with
reference to your prescribed text.

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(d) Would you agree to the view that there

is no scope for impurities in the essay?
Justify the position you adopt in
responding to this argument by Virginia
Woolf.

(e) “A novel has a story, a poem rhyme; but

what art can the essayist use in these
short lengths of prose to sting us wide
awake and fix us in a trance which is
not sleep but rather an intensification of
life ...” Discuss.

HHH

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