University of Lucknow 2007 M.A English Semester I , ( III) soceity,Literature and Thought(19th century) - Question Paper
AS-6174
M.A.-I (Semester-I) Examination-2007 ENGLISH Paper-Ill
English Society, Literature & Thought (19th Century)
Time: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note : Questions No. 1 is compulsory. Answer four other questions, choosing one from each Unit.
1. Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each : 4x10=40
(a) "The Eve of St. Agnes is a critique of idealistic young love". Comment.
(b) Comment on Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient
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Mariner as a baila el, '
(c) Grow old along with me!
. The best is yet to be,
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The last m life, for which the first was made :
Our times are in his hands Who saith, 'A whole I planned Youth shows but half, trust God : see all nor be afraid'.
(d) How did the death of Arthur Henry Hallam impact Tennyson's poetry?
(e) How has Hardy used omens to prefigure the tragedy
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in Tess' life in Tess of the D'llbervilles?
/fl Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven : and we,
Vague half-believers of our casual creeds,
Who never deeply felt, nor dearly willd,
Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds,
(g) And still she stept an azure-lidded sleep,
In blanched linen, smooth and lawandered,
While he from forth the closet brought a heap
Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd.
(h), Browning's optimism.
(i) The role of the wedding guest in Coleridge's The v Ancient Mariner'.
(j) Note of melancholy in Arnold's poetry. ,. -be.>-
Our times are in his hands Who saith, 'A whole I planned Youth shows but half, trust God : see ali nor be afraid'.
(d) How did the death of Arthur Henry Hallam impact Tennyson's poetry?
(e) How has Hardy used omens to prefigure the tragedy in Tess' life in Tess of the D'llbervilles?
Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven : and we, Vague half-believers of our casual creeds, . v"
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Who never deeply felt, nor dearly will'd, Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds.
(g) And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep,
In blanched linen, smooth and lawandered,
While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd.
(h), Browning's optimism.
(i) The role of the wedding guest in Coleridge's The v Ancient Mariner'.
(j) Note of melancholy in Arnold's poetry. > 'Sc
2. What is the relationship between Literature and Culture? v Explain with examples from Arnold's Culture and Anarchy. 15
3. Discuss the characteristics of Romantic poetry with reference to the poets you have studied.
4. Discuss Wordsworth's Prelude as a spiritual autobiography.15
5. Attempt a detailed critical analysis of Arnold's The Scholar Gypsy with special reference to the poetic features of Arnold's poetry.
6. In what ways might Jane Austen's Emma be considered a feminist novel? 15
7. How is the industrial and social aspect of the Victorian age reflected in Charles Dicken's Hard Times ?
2. What is the relationship between Literature and Culture? v Explain with examples from Arnold's Culture and Anarchy. 15
3. Discuss the characteristics of Romantic poetry with reference to the poets you have studied.
4. Discuss Wordsworth's Prelude as a spiritual autobiography.15
5. Attempt a detailed critical analysis of Arnold's The Scholar Gypsy with special reference to the poetic features of Arnold's poetry.
6. In what ways might Jane Austen's Emma be considered a feminist novel? 15
7. How is the industrial and social aspect of the Victorian age reflected in Charles Dicken's Hard Times ?
2. What is the relationship between Literature and Culture? v Explain with examples from Arnold's Culture and Anarchy. 15
3. Discuss the characteristics of Romantic poetry with reference to the poets you have studied.
4. Discuss Wordsworth's Prelude as a spiritual autobiography.15
5. Attempt a detailed critical analysis of Arnold's The Scholar Gypsy with special reference to the poetic features of Arnolds poetry.
6. In what ways might Jane Austen's Emma be considered a feminist novel? 15
7. How is the industrial and social aspect of the Victorian age reflected in Charles Dicken's Hard Times ?
What social, economic and political rights does Miii want women to have? Answer with reference to his essay 'On the Subjection of Women. 15
Write an essay on social criticism in Ruskin's An Idealist's Arraignment of the Age.
What social, economic and political rights does Mill want women to have? Answer with reference to his essay 'On the Subjection of Women. 15
Write an essay on social criticism in Ruskin's An Idealist's Arraignment of the Age.1
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