Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) 2007 M.Phil English BROAD AREA A : BRITISH LITERATURE - - Question Paper

M.PHIL. ENGLISH DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2007
Paper-II & III- BROAD AREA A : BRITISH LITERATURE

Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks
ans 5 ques.
All ques. carry equal marks

1. Write an essay on the art of characterisation of Maugham in The Moon and Six
Pence.

2. “Lord Jim” displays Conradian narrative at its most varied and sophisticated,
involving an intricate interplay of perspective, voice and different forms of narrative
distance” explain.

3. Write an essay on Tennyson’s handling of the themes of involvement and retreat in the poem ‘Ulysses”

4. elaborate the merits and demerits of the stress laid on a close studying by “New
criticism”. Write with special reference to John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger.

5. Examine the structure of Eliot’s The Cocktail Party

6. Examine the central theme of Pygmalion.

7. Write a brief critical note on W.B. Yeats’s use of symbols and myths. Illustrate from the poem The 2nd Coming

8. Attempt a critical estimate of Harold Printer’s “The Caretaker” as an absurd drama.

9. Do you consider “The Song of Alfred Prufrock” as a dramatic monologue?

10. Write short notes on any 4 of the subsequent :
a) Psychological Novel b) The Absurd Drama
c) Picaresque Novel d) The issue Play
e) Poetic Drama f) Myth and Symbolism in Modern Poetry.

Earning:   Approval pending.