University Of Pune Question Paper
M.A. (Part - I)
ENGLISH
English Literature from 1832 to 1980
(Paper - 1.2) (Semester - I) (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) It was roses, roses, all the way.
With myrtle mixed in my path like mad;
The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway.
The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,
A year ago on this very day.
ii) This ,is my son, mine own Telemachus,
To whom I leave the scepter and the isle,
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
This labor, by slow prudence to make mild
A rugged people, and thro’ soft degrees
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
iii) They sat them down upon the yellow sand,
Between the sun and moon upon the shore;
And sweet it was to dream of fatherland,
Of child, and wife, and slave; but evermore
Most weary seem’d the sea, weary the oar,
Weary the wandering fields of barren foam,
Then some one said,”We will return no more”.
iv) There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colors gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay,
To look down to Camelot,
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.
v) The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed no nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour comes round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
vi) The smiling rosy little head,
So glad it has its utmost will,
That all it scorned at once is fled,
And I, its love, am gained instead.
Porphyria’s love; she guessed not how,
Her darling one wish would be heard.
Q2) Write short notes on any two of the following in not more than 400 words
each:
a) The atmosphere of lethargy and drowsiness in “The Lotos Eaters”.
b) “Ulysses” as a dramatic monologue.
c) “Leda and Swan” as a sonnet.
d) Symbolism in “The Second Coming”.
Q3) Attempt any one of the following in not more than 800 words:
a) Discuss “Pygmalion” as a problem play.
b) Write a detailed note on Eliza-Higgins relationship and its unsatisfactory
nature in “Pygmalion”.
Q4) Attempt any one of the following in not more than 800 words :
a) Discuss the plot-construction in “A Passage to India”.
b) “A Passage to India” is a study of Anglo Indian Relations- comment.
Q5) a) Write short notes on any one of the following in not more than 400
words each :
i) Eliza as the modern Cinderella.
ii) The ending of “Pygmalion”.
b) Write short notes on any one of the following in not more than 400
words each:
i) Fielding’s tea-Party in “A Passage to India”.
ii) Significance of the title “A Passage to India”.
M.A. (Part - I)
ENGLISH
English Literature from 1832 to 1980
(Paper - 1.2) (Semester - I) (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) It was roses, roses, all the way.
With myrtle mixed in my path like mad;
The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway.
The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,
A year ago on this very day.
ii) This ,is my son, mine own Telemachus,
To whom I leave the scepter and the isle,
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
This labor, by slow prudence to make mild
A rugged people, and thro’ soft degrees
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
iii) They sat them down upon the yellow sand,
Between the sun and moon upon the shore;
And sweet it was to dream of fatherland,
Of child, and wife, and slave; but evermore
Most weary seem’d the sea, weary the oar,
Weary the wandering fields of barren foam,
Then some one said,”We will return no more”.
iv) There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colors gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay,
To look down to Camelot,
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.
v) The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed no nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour comes round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
vi) The smiling rosy little head,
So glad it has its utmost will,
That all it scorned at once is fled,
And I, its love, am gained instead.
Porphyria’s love; she guessed not how,
Her darling one wish would be heard.
Q2) Write short notes on any two of the following in not more than 400 words
each:
a) The atmosphere of lethargy and drowsiness in “The Lotos Eaters”.
b) “Ulysses” as a dramatic monologue.
c) “Leda and Swan” as a sonnet.
d) Symbolism in “The Second Coming”.
Q3) Attempt any one of the following in not more than 800 words:
a) Discuss “Pygmalion” as a problem play.
b) Write a detailed note on Eliza-Higgins relationship and its unsatisfactory
nature in “Pygmalion”.
Q4) Attempt any one of the following in not more than 800 words :
a) Discuss the plot-construction in “A Passage to India”.
b) “A Passage to India” is a study of Anglo Indian Relations- comment.
Q5) a) Write short notes on any one of the following in not more than 400
words each :
i) Eliza as the modern Cinderella.
ii) The ending of “Pygmalion”.
b) Write short notes on any one of the following in not more than 400
words each:
i) Fielding’s tea-Party in “A Passage to India”.
ii) Significance of the title “A Passage to India”.
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