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Answer any three of the following questions :
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10 × 3 = 30
Assignment — December, 2015 & June 2016
a)
Elective
ENGLISH
b)
( New Syllabus )
c)
d)
the
nature
and
Discuss, with examples, some features of
experimentation
with
Analyse and comment on the Medieval
morality play.
e)
Comment critically on the features of Old
English Elegies.
f)
Give a sketch of the wife of Bath as
Chaucer presents her in the Prologue to the
Answer any two of the following questions :
Canterbury Tales.
20 × 2 = 40
Discuss the nature and extent of the
Scandinavian influence on the English
language.
b)
Discuss the different
borrowings in English.
c)
Write a brief essay on Old English heroic
poetry.
d)
Briefly analyse the structure of the “Second
Shepherds’ Play” in the Wakefield cycle.
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on
English words.
SECTION - A
a)
briefly
Shakespeare’s
Weightage of Marks : 30%
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance
in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect
spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting.
The weightage for each question has been
indicated in the margin.
1.
Write
characteristics of the Middle English lyrics.
( First Paper : From the Beginnings to Chaucer :
Literature and Language in Evolution )
Full Marks : 100
Assess the development of prose in the
Anglo-Saxon period.
phases
of
3.
Answer any two of the following questions :
5 × 2 = 10
a)
Latin
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Write a short note on any one :
Widsith ; The Travels of Sir John Mandeville.
b)
Briefly discuss the historical background of
The Middle English period.
c)
Comment on the importance of William
Tyndale’s translation of the Bible.
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d)
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follows the mock-nativity comedy of the
Identify and explain the figures of speech in any
one of the following passages :
5
Wakefield Second Sheperds’ play.
a)
Write briefly on the actual nativity play that
7.
4
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray
And winter’s dregs made desolate
SECTION - B
4.
Phonemically
transcribe
any
three
of
The weakening eye of day.
the
b)
following words & put the stress mark after
transcription :
3+3
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,
beauty, suggest, blackbird, describe, youthful,
Awaits alike th’ inevitable hour.
primary, govern, radio.
5.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r,
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Choose any two vowel phonemes and any two
consonant
phonemes
which
occur
in
the
1×4
following words and describe them :
house, mother, apple, day, eat.
6.
Scan any one of the following extracts, find the
main metre and metrical variations, if any :
a)
5
Behold her, single in the field
Yon Solitary Highland lass !
Reaping and singing by herself,
Stop here, or gently pass !
b)
1.
Date of Publication
:
16/11/2015
2.
Last date of submission of answer
script by the student to the study centre
:
03/01/2016
Last date of submission of marks by
the examiner to the study centre
:
31/01/2016
Date of evaluated answer script distribution
by the study centre to the student
:
07/02/2016
Last date of submission of marks by the
study centre to the Department of C.O.E.
on or before
:
19/02/2016
3.
Water, water, everywhere,
4.
And all the boards did shrink ;
5.
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
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