2012 Question Paper,Paper - M.A. (Part - I),2.1 : English Literature from 1550 to 1832,University Of Pune Question Papers,

University Of Pune Question Paper
M.A. (Part - I)
ENGLISH
Paper - 2.1 : English Literature from 1550 to 1832
 (Sem. - II) (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 80
Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) All questions carry equal marks.
Q1) Explain any four with reference to the context in the light of some of the
following points:
a) Significance of the extract.
b) Imagery/Symbolism.

c) Allusions.
d) Diction/Style.
e) Literary Background.
i) FIVE years have past; five summers, with the length
Of five long winters! and again I hear
These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs
With a soft inland murmur. -- Once again
Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs,
That on a wild secluded scene impress
Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect
The landscape with the quiet of the sky.
ii) WHAT dire Offence from am’rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing -- This Verse to Caryll, Muse! is due;
This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view:
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise,
If She inspire, and He approve my lays.
iii) He will awake no more, oh, never more!
Within the twilight chamber spreads apace
The shadow of white Death, and at the door
Invisible Corruption waits to trace
His extreme way to her dim dwelling-place;
The eternal Hunger sits, but pity and awe
Soothe her pale rage, nor dares she to deface
So fair a prey, till darkness and the law
Of change shall o’er his sleep the mortal curtain draw.
iv) And now, unveil’d, the Toilet stands display’d,
Each silver Vase in mystic order laid.
First, rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores
With head uncover’d, the Cosmetic pow’rs.
A heav'nly Image in the glass appears,
To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears;
Th’ inferior Priestess, at her altar’s side,
Trembling, begins the sacred rites of Pride.
v) Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;
Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind,
And, even with something of a mother’s mind,
And no unworthy aim,
The homely nurse doth all she can
To make her foster-child, her Inmate Man,
Forget the glories he hath known,
And that imperial palace whence he came.
vi) The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose;
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on a starry night
Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where’er I go,
That there hath pass’d away a glory from the earth
Q2) Write short notes on any two of the following in not more than 400 words
each :
a) The Rape of the Lock as a satire on Belinda’s world.
b) Shelley’s pantheism in Adonais.
c) Ode on ‘Intimations of Immortality’ as a nature poem.
d) Theme of Tintern Abbey.
Q3) Attempt any one of the following in about 800 words :
a) The Way of the World reflects the Restoration society. Explain.
b) The greatness of The Way of the World depends chiefly upon it’s
characterization and it’s witty dialogues. Explain.
Q4) Attempt any one of the following in about 800 words :
a) In Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen exposes the economic basis of
social behavior with an ironic smile. Discuss.
b) Explain how Jane Austen dramatizes the different attitudes towards
marriage and married life in Pride and Prejudice.
Q5) a) Write short note on any one of the following in not more than 400
words each :
i) Wit and Humor in The Way of the World.
ii) The role of Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World.
b) Write short note on any one of the following in not more than 400
words each:
i) Minor characters in Pride and Prejudice.
ii) Significance of the title Pride and Prejudice.

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