Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Bhopal
M.A. (FINAL) ENGLISH 2015-16
SUBJECT : STUDY OF FICTION
MAXIMUM MARKS:30
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instructions :
1. Each Assignment Should be Written by the Candidate by his/her Own hand
Writing Which in Compulsory.
2. Both the Assignment Question Papers Should be attempted Compulsory.
3. Last date of Submission of the Assignment in 30 March 2016.
4. Please Collect and Keep the Receipt of Submitted Assignment for Future Reference.
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Assignment Question Paper – I
Q. 1- Write an essay on „Tom Jones‟ as a comic epic in prose.
Q. 2- Jane Austen deals with the originality in the treatment of love.
Discuss.
Q. 3- Write a note on the use of symbolism in Golding‟s “The Lord of the Flies”.
Q. 4- Write a short note on Charles Dickens as a novelist.
Q. 5- Give the brief details of Thomas Hardy as a novelist.
Assignment Question Paper – II
Q. 1- Explain Fielding as picaresque novelist
Q. 2- Write a short note on Jane Austen‟s novel „Pride and Prejudice as a domestic
novel.
Q. 3- Write an essay on Golding as a novelist.
Q. 4- Draw the character sketch of Elizabeth Bonnet.
Q. 5- Bring out the theme “The Mayor of Caster bridge” by Thomas Hardy.
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Bhopal
M.A. (FINAL) ENGLISH 2015-16
SUBJECT : POETRY FROM 1798 TO THE PRESENT DAY
MAXIMUM MARKS:30
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1. Each Assignment Should be Written by the Candidate by his/her Own hand
Writing Which in Compulsory.
2. Both the Assignment Question Papers Should be attempted Compulsory.
3. Last date of Submission of the Assignment in 30 March 2016.
4. Please Collect and Keep the Receipt of Submitted Assignment for Future Reference.
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Assignment Question Paper – I
Q. 1- Discuss William Wordsworth as a poet of nature justify it with suitable
examples prescribed in your syllabus.
Q. 2- Give the critical appreciation of the poem “Ode to Nightingale”.
Q. 3- Write a critical appreciation of the poem “The Lotus Eaters”.
Q. 4- Discuss T.S. Eliot as a master of symbolism with the special reference of
“The Waste Land”.
Q. 5- Annotate the Following with reference and context.
Our birth is but a sleep and forgetting;
The soul that rises with us, our life‟s star
Hath had elsewhere its setting.
And cometh from a far;
Assignment Question Paper – II
Q. 1- Give the critical appreciation of Wordsworth‟s poem “Tin tern Abbey”.
Q. 2- Write a critical appreciation of Shelley‟s poem “Ode to the West Wind”.
Q. 3- Write a short note on Browning as a poet.
Q. 4- Write short note on W.H. Auden as a modern poet.
Q.5- Annotate the following extracts giving critical comments:
Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing.
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Bhopal
M.A. (FINAL) ENGLISH 2015-16
SUBJECT : LITERARY THEORY
MAXIMUM MARKS:30
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1. Each Assignment Should be Written by the Candidate by his/her Own hand
Writing Which in Compulsory.
2. Both the Assignment Question Papers Should be attempted Compulsory.
3. Last date of Submission of the Assignment in 30 March 2016.
4. Please Collect and Keep the Receipt of Submitted Assignment for Future Reference.
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Assignment Question Paper – I
Q. 1- Analyze Aristotle‟s theory of „Catharsis‟.
Q. 2- Define Sublimity and explain five major sources of sublimity.
Q. 3- Wordsworth lays down the basic tenets of his poetry in “The Preface to the
Lyrical Ballads”. Discuss.
Q. 4- Evaluate Sidney‟s views on the three Dramatic Unities.
Q. 5- Discuss Matthew Arnold‟s Touchstone method of criticism.
Assignment Question Paper – II
Q. 1- What are the constituent parts of a tragedy according to Aristotle?
Q. 2- Discuss Ben Jonson‟s attitude towards the classical theories and principles of
literature.
Q. 3- How does Sidney defend poetry against the major charges leveled against it
by Gossoon.
Q. 4- Discuss Matthew Arnold‟s concept of Grand Style.
Q.5- On what grounds does Coleridge criticize Wordsworth‟s theory of poetic
language.
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Bhopal
M.A. (FINAL) ENGLISH 2015-16
SUBJECT : A STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE
MAXIMUM MARKS:30
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instructions :
1. Each Assignment Should be Written by the Candidate by his/her Own hand
Writing Which in Compulsory.
2. Both the Assignment Question Papers Should be attempted Compulsory.
3. Last date of Submission of the Assignment in 30 March 2016.
4. Please Collect and Keep the Receipt of Submitted Assignment for Future Reference.
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Assignment Question Paper – I
Q. 1- Discuss „As You Like It‟ as an example of pastoral literature.
Q. 2- Write the character sketch of King Henry IV.
Q. 3- Write the character sketch of Macbeth.
Q. 4- What is ironic about Julius Caesar‟s murder in relation to the preceding
events?
Q. 5- Annotate the following extract with critical comments.
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honorable man.
Assignment Question Paper – II
Q. 1- Write the character sketch of Miranda.
Q. 2- Give your assessment of “Henry IV” as a history play.
Q. 3- „Macbeth‟ is a tragedy of ambition. Justify.
Q. 4- What is the significance of Antony‟s funeral speech in “Julius Caesar”?
Q.5- Annotate the following:
Out, damned spot; out, I say……Yet who would
Have thought the old man to have had so much
Blood in him?
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University Bhopal
M.A. (FINAL) ENGLISH 2015-16
SUBJECT : ENGLISH LANGUAGE
MAXIMUM MARKS:30
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Instructions :
1. Each Assignment Should be Written by the Candidate by his/her Own hand
Writing Which in Compulsory.
2. Both the Assignment Question Papers Should be attempted Compulsory.
3. Last date of Submission of the Assignment in 30 March 2016.
4. Please Collect and Keep the Receipt of Submitted Assignment for Future Reference.
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Assignment Question Paper – I
Q. 1- What do you mean by language? Write the various functions of language.
Q. 2- What is Dialect and Idiolect? Define it with suitable examples.
Q. 3- Write a short note on growth of English language.
Q. 4- Define morphology and its role in language.
Q. 5- Write a short note on semantics.
Assignment Question Paper – II
Q. 1- Explain the characteristics of language.
Q. 2- Define Pidgin and Creole with suitable example.
Q. 3- Write a short note on history of word formation.
Q. 4- Write an essay on socio-linguistics.
Q. 5- Explain the grammatical structure of modern English with the help of charts.