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on any five of the following:
Submitassignment
1.. Discuss
the mainworksof literaturebeforeChaucer'
of Chaucer.
2. Writean etsayfon the literaryachievements
literature.
Movementandits impacton English
3. Writea detailedessayon Renaissance
to its
with reference
schoolof poetry?Discuss
4. What werethe chieffeaturesof metaphysical
c h i e fp r o p o n e n t s ?
5 . W r i t ea n o t eo n t h e c o n t r i b u t i oonf J o h nM i l t o nt o L n S l i sLh, i t c r a t u r c .
6 . W h a tw e r et h e s o c i op o l i t i c a l c o n d i t i oonf sR c s t o r a t i opne r i o da n dh o w d o t h e s er e f l e c itn t h e
o
fi t e r a t u r e
o f t h et i m e s ?
ageand how did l,hesereflectin the poetryof the
7. Whatwerethe mainfeaturesof neo classical
times?
'essay'with specialreference
to Bacon,Addisonand
the growthand popularityof
8. Discuss
Steele.
P a p e rl l
1. Discuss
Dr. I:austusasa moralityplay
spiritin Dr. Faustus,
2. Commenton the Renaissance
elemenlinA MidsummerNight'sDream.
3. Writea detailednoteon the supernatural
A MidsummerNight'sDream.
4. Commenton the themeof Shakespeare's
of Homletas a tragedy'
the chiefqualities
5. Discuss
6. "To be or not to be" formsthe centralissuein Hamlel'Discuss.
d of TheAlchemist.
7. Discuss
sociopoliticalbackgroun
as a comedy.
8. Discuss
Schoolfor Scandals
P a p e lrl l
1. Write a note on Preludeto CanterburyTolesas a socialdocuments.
of Donne's"TheGoodMorrow",
2. Attempta criticalevaluation
the lovepoetryof JohnDonne.
3. Discuss
lost matchesthe grandthemeit dealswith. Discuss.
4. I'he poeticstyteof Paradise
5, Attempt pen portrayalof Satanin Paradiselost by Milton.
6. DiscussTheRapeof the Lockas a mock epic.
NuttinBas a romanticpoem.
7. Critically
appreciate
Wordsworthasa poet of Man and Nature.
8. Discuss
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l n t h e b a s i so f y o u r
l e f o e ' cs c l n t r i b u t i ot o
n t h e d e v e l o p m e no tf [ : n g l r snho v e o
. 1 D i s c u sDs a n i eD
readingof RobinsonCrusoe.
TomJonesasa comicepicin prose'
?-. Discuss
in TomJones'
3. Commenton the themeof loveand marriage
Travelsasa satireon humannature'
Gulliver's
4. Discuss
'
of the title of the novelPrideand Preiudice
5. commenl on the significance
6.CompareancjcontrastthecharacterofBingleyandDarcyinthenclve|PrideandPrejudice'
novel'
lvanhoeas a historical
7. Discuss
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1.. Write a noteon the salientfeaturesof old English'
influenceon English'
the Frenchand Scottish
?-. Discuss
systemof speechmechanism'
3. Write a detailednoteon the articulatory
y o n o p h t h o n go sf I n g l i s hR P '
4. Classifm
5.Whatisintonaticrnandwhatarethedifferentfunctionsitper{orms?
6,Definemorpho|ogyanddiscussindetailinf|ectiona|morpho|ogy.
morphology'
essayon derivational
7. Write an illustrative
differentformsof sentences'
8. What is meantby syntax?Discuss
Second
Assignment
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L. Discuss
the salientfeaturesof the Romantic
Movementin EnglishLiterature.
period.
2. Writea noteon the prosewritingsof the Romantic
3. Who weremajorearlyVictorianwritersandwhatweretheir literarVachievements?
4. Writea detailednote on the PreRaphaelite
Movement.
5. Discuss
the majorvoicesin literarycriticismin the Victorianperiod.
6. Tracethe majorinfluences
on the modernistmovementin Englishliterature.
7. Writea note on the womennovelists
of the postmodernperiod.
8. Whatwasmovementpoetryandwho wereits exponents.
P a p e lrl
1. Discuss
the playWaitingfor Godotasan absurdplay.
2. Though
it seemsas if nothing
playa veryimportant
happens
in theplay,actions
actually
rolein Waiting
for
Godot.Discuss
3. Discuss
the maintheme in the playPygmalion
by Shaw.
4, Discuss
Shaw'streatmentof the mythof Pygmalion
.
5 . M u r d e ri n t h e C a t h e d r a l d e awl si t h a n i n d i v i d u a l o p p o s i t ti o na u t h o r i t yD, i s c u s s .
6. Writea note on the plot and structureof the playMurderin the Cathedral.
7 . l s i t j u s t i f i e dt o l a b e l O s b o r n eL' so o kB a c ki n A n g e ra sa k i t c h e ns i n kd r a m a ?G i v er e a s o n s .
B. Discuss
Jimmyand Cliffasa foil to eachotherin LookBackin Anger.
P a p e lrl l
1.. Critically
appreciatethe poemOdeon a GrecianUrn.
2 . Discuss
Keatsas poet of beautyandsensuousness.
3 . C o m m e not n t h e h a n d l i n g
o f d r a m a t i cm o n o l o g uoen t h e b a s i so f t h e r e a d i n g
ofthepoems
prescribed
in your syllabus.
.4. Commenton the optimisticattitudeof the protagonists
in the poemsby RobertBrowning
.
of the t)uchess
as vividlyas that of the speakerhimself
5. MV LastDuchess
unfoldsthe character
Discuss,
'DoverBeach'by MatthcwArnold.
6. Critically
appreciate
the poem
7 . D oy o ut h i n kA r n o l di s a p e s s i m i s tpi co e t .G i v er e a s o n s .
8. Discuss
W B Yeatsas a modernpoet,
P a p e rl V
'WutheringHeightsas a storyof passionate
love and revenge.
1. Discuss
Heightsby EmilyBronte,
in the novelWuthering
2. Discuss
the art of characterization
3. Discuss
the theme of self improvementin GreotExpectotions.
4, Commenton the fairy tale elementsin the novelin GreotExpectotions,
by GeorgeEliot.
of Middlemarch
5. Discuss
the plot construction
6. Givea pen portrait of Dorotheain Middlemorch.
7. Commenton the role of fate and chancein the novelTheMoyor of Casterbridge.
? i v er e a s o n s .
8 . D oy o ut h i n kH e n c h a r ids m o r es i n n e da g a i n st th a ns i n n i n g G
P a p eV
r
1.. Tracethe historyof Inglishin India.
s f I n d i a nl e a r n e rosf E n g l i s h .
2 . D i s c u ssso m em a j o rp r o b l e m o
note on the Directmethddof teachingof Englishlanguage.
3. Writea comprehensive
methodthe mostpopularmethodof ELT.
4. Whatarethe featuresthat makegrammartranslation
of stylisitcs?
What arethe differentschools
5. Whatis stylistics?
styleasdeviance,
anddiscuss
6. Distinguish
stylefrom stylisitcs
7. Writenoteson any four of the following:
i.
Alliteration
ii,
Meter
iii.
lrony
tv.
Modernism
Picaresque
vi.
lmagery.