Annamalai University 2002 M.A English 130 - MODERN LITERATURE - III (1789-1880) - Question Paper

3273 M.A. DEGREE exam
December 2002 1st Year
(ENGLISH)
Paper - II
130 - MODERN LITERATURE - III (1789-1880)

Time three Hours
Maximum 100 Marks

ans ques. 1 and 4 others, choosing 2 from.
part A and 2 from part B.
All ques. carry equal marks.

I. Annotate any 5 of, the subsequent passages choosing atleast 2 from every group.

GROUP - A (5x4 = 20)

(a) Fair seed time had my soul and grew up
foster'd alike by beauty and by fear.

(b) But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is our home.

(c) And mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war.

(d) He is a portion of loveliness
which once he made more lovely.

(e) All eyes he muffled, or a hundred
swords will storm his heart, Love's ferrous citated

GROUP - B

(f) Poetry is the breath and finer
spirit of all knowledges

(g) For all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.

(h) But poet do not write for poets alone but for men

(i) He sat like Midas among them.

(j) In moods of humility I can be a sizar or a servitor.

part - A (2 x 20 = 40)

2. Consider 'The Prelude' as a poetic autobiography.

3. Illustrate coleridg's use of imagery in 'The Ancient Mariner'.

4. Consider 'Adonais' as an eloquent elegy.

5. Bring out the element of senserousness in "The Eve of St. Agnes".

6. How does "preface to Lyrical Ballads" reflect the Romantic Creed?,

7. "Lamb is constantly autobiographical in his essays" - explain.

part - B (2 x 20 = 40)

8. define the various stages in Wordsworth's attitude to Nature which "Tintern Abbey Lines" reveals.

9. Show how 'the West Wind' becomes the symbol of Shelley's aspirations.

10. "Shelley's" 'Defence of Poetry' is a reasoned statement of the: Romantic view of art? explain

11. Why is "Pride and Prejudice" considered the best of Jane Austen's novels?

12. Comment on the plot of 'The plot of The Heart of Midlothian'.

13. "Biographia Literaria" places coleridge in the 1st flight of critics" - explain.

14. Show how De Quincey utilizes his early experiences and exhibits his fantastic imagination.

Earning:   Approval pending.