Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature 2003 (MA English)
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION
May 2003 (First Year)
(ENGLISH)
(Paper - 1)
520 Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature (New Regulation)
Time 3 Hours
Maximum 100 Marks
Attempt FIVE questions in Section-A and THREE questions in Section-B
I. Annotate any FIVE of, the following passages choosing atleast TWO from each group.
GROUP - A (5x8 = 20)
1. a) Thus he resolv'd, but first from inward
grief His bursting passion into plaints; thus pour'd.
b) For not to irksome toil, but to delight
He made us, and delight to reason join'd.
2. a) The hoary prince in majesty appeared,
High on a throne of his own labours reared.
b) Who but must laugh if such a man there laugh be?
Who would not weep if Atticus were lie?
3. a) Would any man, who is ready to die for love, describe his passion like Narcissus?
b) The good cannot be too much honoured, nor the bad too coarsely used; for the corruption of the best becomes the worst.
4. a) This temple, having been educated and long conversed among the ancients, was, of all the modern, their greatest favourite, and became their greatest champion.
b) Having thus accoutered him, she vanished in a mist, and the hero perceived it was the goddess his mother.
5. a) Had you dissembled better, things might have continued in the state of nature.
b) Nothing remains when that day comes, but to sit down and weep like Alexander, when he wanted other worlds to conquer.
6. a) Here comes the good lady, panting ripe; with a heart full of hope and a head full of care, like any chemist upon the day of projection.
b) What a washy rogue art thou, to part thus for a quarter of an hour's lying and swearing to a fine lady!
Answer the following questions in 200 words each:
7. a) How does Dryden describe Barbican in Mac Flecknoe?
b) Comment on Thomson's attitude to winter.
8. a) Write a critique of Burke's "On the Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts".
b) Justify the title She Stoops to Conquer.
SECTION - B (3x20=60)
Answer THREE of the following questions.
9. a) Consider Mac Flecknoe as a mock-herioc poem. (OR)
b) Write note on the Neoclassic elements in Gray's an Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
10. a) Show how Swift is the devastating opponent of pedantry, pretense, and scholasticism in The Battle of the Books.
(OR)
b) How does Johnson defend Shakespeare's violation of the three unities?
11. a) Bring out the significance of the title, The Way of the World
(OR)
b) Examine The Rivals as an anti-sentimental comedy.
12. a) The theme of The Pilgrim's Progress is the pilgrimage of Christian from his home in the City of Destruction to the Celestial City - Explain.
(OR)
b) Show how Robinson Crusoe is about the struggle of a lone individual to survive amidst hostile surroundings.
13. a) Fielding is strongly optimistic and broadly tolerant and confident about humanity Discuss the statement with reference to Tom Jones.
(OR)
b) The characters in The Vicar of Wakefield are delightful and simple, and evoke sympathy because of their predicaments Elucidate.
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION
May 2003 (First Year)
(ENGLISH)
(Paper - 1)
520 Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature (New Regulation)
Time 3 Hours
Maximum 100 Marks
Attempt FIVE questions in Section-A and THREE questions in Section-B
I. Annotate any FIVE of, the following passages choosing atleast TWO from each group.
GROUP - A (5x8 = 20)
1. a) Thus he resolv'd, but first from inward
grief His bursting passion into plaints; thus pour'd.
b) For not to irksome toil, but to delight
He made us, and delight to reason join'd.
2. a) The hoary prince in majesty appeared,
High on a throne of his own labours reared.
b) Who but must laugh if such a man there laugh be?
Who would not weep if Atticus were lie?
3. a) Would any man, who is ready to die for love, describe his passion like Narcissus?
b) The good cannot be too much honoured, nor the bad too coarsely used; for the corruption of the best becomes the worst.
4. a) This temple, having been educated and long conversed among the ancients, was, of all the modern, their greatest favourite, and became their greatest champion.
b) Having thus accoutered him, she vanished in a mist, and the hero perceived it was the goddess his mother.
5. a) Had you dissembled better, things might have continued in the state of nature.
b) Nothing remains when that day comes, but to sit down and weep like Alexander, when he wanted other worlds to conquer.
6. a) Here comes the good lady, panting ripe; with a heart full of hope and a head full of care, like any chemist upon the day of projection.
b) What a washy rogue art thou, to part thus for a quarter of an hour's lying and swearing to a fine lady!
Answer the following questions in 200 words each:
7. a) How does Dryden describe Barbican in Mac Flecknoe?
b) Comment on Thomson's attitude to winter.
8. a) Write a critique of Burke's "On the Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts".
b) Justify the title She Stoops to Conquer.
SECTION - B (3x20=60)
Answer THREE of the following questions.
9. a) Consider Mac Flecknoe as a mock-herioc poem. (OR)
b) Write note on the Neoclassic elements in Gray's an Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
10. a) Show how Swift is the devastating opponent of pedantry, pretense, and scholasticism in The Battle of the Books.
(OR)
b) How does Johnson defend Shakespeare's violation of the three unities?
11. a) Bring out the significance of the title, The Way of the World
(OR)
b) Examine The Rivals as an anti-sentimental comedy.
12. a) The theme of The Pilgrim's Progress is the pilgrimage of Christian from his home in the City of Destruction to the Celestial City - Explain.
(OR)
b) Show how Robinson Crusoe is about the struggle of a lone individual to survive amidst hostile surroundings.
13. a) Fielding is strongly optimistic and broadly tolerant and confident about humanity Discuss the statement with reference to Tom Jones.
(OR)
b) The characters in The Vicar of Wakefield are delightful and simple, and evoke sympathy because of their predicaments Elucidate.