Punjab University 2010-2nd Year B.A English Elective - : A ,:- , - Question Paper

B.A. second year

ENGLISH (Elective) - Paper:A


Time Allowed:Three Hours] [Maximum Marks:90

Note:-Attempt all ques. :

1. Explain any 5 of the subsequent literary items in about 60 words each:

(1) Historical Novel

(2) Epic

(3) Sonnet

(4) Blank Verse

(5) Ode

(6) Naturalism

(7) Heroic Couplet[Marks 5x3=15]

2. Bring out in your own words the significance of the title of the novel,

'Pride and Prejudice.'

OR

Attempt a character-sketch of Elizabeth Bennet in 'Pride and Prejudice.'[Marks 15]


3. (a) Write a brief summary of 'Evelyn Hope' or 'The World is Too Much with Us'.

(b) Answer in about 100 words on any 2 of the subsequent questions:

(i) Give in your own words the central idea of the sonnet ' To His Dear Friend.'

(ii) How does the Sonnet 'On His Twenty 3rd Birthday' reveal John

Milton's view of resignation to the will of God ?

(iii) Bring outin your own words the theme of the poem, "Song of the Men

of England."

(iv) Bring out the symbolic meaning of Robert Frost's poem,'Stopping By

Woods on a Snowy Evening.'[Marks 10+5+5=20]

4. Compare and contrast the characters of Sergius and Bluntschli in G.B.

Shaw's play 'Arms and the Man.'

OR

'Arms and the Man' is a satire on romantic ideals of life.Discuss.[Marks 20]

5. Explain with reference to the context:

(a) See more strange comfort every state attend,

And Pride bestowed on all, a common friend:

See a few fit passion every age supply,

Hope travels thro',nor quits us when we die.


OR

Four seasons fill the measure of the year,

There are 4 seasons in mind of man :

He has his lusty spring, when fancy clear

Takes in all beauty with an easy span.

(b) How I have envied you, Sergius ! You have been out in the world, on

the field of battle, able to prove yourself there worthy of any woman in the

world ; whilst I have had to sit at home inactive-dreaming-useless-doing nothing

that could provide me the right to call myself worthy of any man.

OR

And there was Don Quixote flashing like a drum major, thinkiing he'd done

the cleverest thing ever known, whereas he ought to be courtmartialled for it.

Of all the fools ever let loose on a field battle, that man must be the very

maddest.[Marks 10+10=20]

Earning:   Approval pending.