022 M.A. ENGLISH
DKE11 - MODERN LITERATURE I
Assignment – I
1. How does Chaucer portray the character The wife of Bath in The prologue to the
Canterbury Tales? Delineate.
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2. Write a critical appreciation of Spenser’s Epithalamion.
Assignment – II
3. How does Andrew Marvell portray his lover in To His Coy Mistress? Explain.
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4. Sketch the character of the Duchess in The Duchess of Malfi.
DKE12 - MODERN LITERATURE II
Assignment I
1. What does Satan argue in Pandemonium? Discuss.
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2. Explain the theme of Death and Isolation in Elegy written in a country churchyard.
Assignment II
3. What do you think of the Character of Sir Roger with reference to the prescribed texts?
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4. What are the social conditions as revealed in the novel The Vicar of Wakefield?
DKE13 - MODERN LITERATURE III
Assignment I
1. How would you describe the overall tone of the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn? Is it joyful
or sad?
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2. Describe the images used by S.T. Coleridge in Kubla Khan.
Assignment II
3. What are the main points of Shelly’s Essay “A Defence of Poetry”
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4. Delineate the sufferings of young children in Charles Lamb’s essay In Praise of Chimney
Sweepers.
DKE14 - COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE
Assignment I
1. Write the detailed note on the use of honour in the poem Goodbye Party for Miss.Pushpa
T.S
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2. Explain the nostalgic element in Kamala Das’My Grandmother’s House
Assignment II
3. What are Chinua Achebe’s views on the relationship between the African writer and the
reader? Illustrate.
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4. How does Biju differ from the other characters in the novel The Inheritance of
Loss.Examine.