Annamalai University 2003 M.A English 120 - MODERN LITERATURE - II - Question Paper

8322 M.A. DEGREE exam
May 2003 1st Year
(ENGLISH)
Paper - II
120 - MODERN LITERATURE - II (1600-1789)

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)

1. (a) Thus saying, for her husband's hand her hand soft she withdrew.

(b) But what will not ambition and revenge
Descend to ? Who aspires, must down as low
As high he soared

(c) The mantle Fell to the young prophet's part
with double portion of his father's art.

(d) Roused by report of fame, the nations meet,
From near Bunhill and distant watling street.

(e) Who if 2 wits on rival theme contrast Approves of
every but likes the worse the best.

(f) Still Sapho - A "Hold ! for God" - you'll offend
No names - be calm ! learn prudence of a friend

GROUP - B

(g) Chaucer was able to be faithful to both, current the universal through the particular.

(h) He is a type of rough diamond and must 1st be polished before he shines.

(i) He might still be the giant of the pigmies ; the 1 -eyed monarch of the blind.

(j) As a drama it is deficient and the actionis not probable.

(k) She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of Nile.

part - A (4 x 20 = 90)

2. "The true temptation in "Paradise Lost" BK - IX is a masterpiece of persuation". explain.

3. Illustrate from "MacFlecknoe" a few of the characteristics of Dryden as' a satirist.

4. "An Epistle to Dr. Arbutnot" is "an ironic autobiography versified". - explain.

5. Gray as a pre - cursor to the Romantic Revival.

6. Would you agree that Blake is a great poet who has not been accorded the recognition that he deserved?

Earning:   Approval pending.