Annamalai University 2011-2nd Year B.A English , ( ) ( ) ( part - iii ) ( - iv ) 650prose and fiction - Question Paper
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2011
( ENGLISH )
( 2nd YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - IV )
650. PROSE AND FICTION
( Common to B.A. English & Communication)
( Including Lateral Entry & Double Degree)
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(b) Write an essay on Newmans views on the place of religion in University education.
(c) What according to Newman, are the differences between literature and science ?
IV. Attempt any TWO of the following :
(2 x20=40)
(a) Examine the character of Pip.
(b) Eegdon Heath and the Return of the Native.
(c) Write a critical appreciation of A Passage to India.
(d) Present a critical summary of Shooting an Elephant.
(e) Attempt a character sketch of Clym Yeobright.
Name of the Candidate :
(ENGLISH)
(SECOND YEAR)
( PART - III)
(PAPER - IV)
( Common to B.A. English & Communication)
(Including Lateral Entry & Double Degree) May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
I. Annotate FIVE of the following passages, choosing atleast TWO from eah group :
( 5 x4 =20)
(a) His story requires Romans or Kings but he thinks only of men. These are the petty cavils of petty minds.
(b) It was said of Euripides that every verse was a precept.
(c) Nothing can please many and please long butjust representations of general nature.
(d) He sacrifices virtue to convenience and is so much more careful to please than to instruct that he seems to write without a normal purpose.
(e) The fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.
(f) Knowledge is capable of being its own end. Such is the constitution of the human mind that any kind of knowledge, ift be really such isits own reward.
(g) The philosophy of utility, you will say, gentlemen, has atleast done its work, it aimed low, but has fulfilled its aim.
(h) The sand heaped by one flood is scattered by another, but the rock always continues in its place.
(i) Literature is the personal use of exercise of language.
(j) A great author .......expresses what all
feel but all cannot say.
II. Answer any ONE of the following :
( 1x20=20)
(a) What, according to Johnson, are the faults of Shakespeare ?
(b) What elements of the new approach do you find in Johnson ?
(c) What, according to Johnson, are the limitations in Shakespeares plays ?
III. Answer any ONE of the following :
( 1x20=20)
(a) What, according to Newman are the values and purpose of University Education ?
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