Gujarat University 2007 B.A TA-02 English Special -VI Seat No: (History of English Literature : 1901 to recent times) Texts : Joh Conrad : The Heart of Darkness : G.BShaw : Pygmalion - Qu

TA-02
English Special Paper-VI

Seat No. :

(History of English Literature : 1901 to latest times)
Texts : Joseph Conrad : The Heart of Darkness
: G.B. Shaw : Pygmalion

Time : three Hours] [Total Marks: 70

Instructions : (1) Figures to the right indicate full marks. (2) Mention clearly the choice you attempt.


1. (a) Discuss the salient features of the Comedy of Ideas. (14) OR
(b) Stream of Consciousness Novel is – “a withdrawal from external phenomena
into the flickering half-shades of the author’s private world”. Comment on this

statement.

OR (14)
(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (14)

(1) Write in brief on Poetic Drama.

(2) General characteristics of Modern Age. (3) War Poetry.
(4) Philip Larkin’s contribution to Movement Poetry.



2. (a) “The craving for poetic drama is permanent in human nature.” – discuss. (14) OR
(b) Write a detailed note on Movement Poetry. (14)

OR

(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (14)

(1) Causes for the rise of the Stream of Consciousness Novel.












3. Show your acquaintance with any 7 of the following, pointing out the name of
the author, the kind of work, the year of publication and the age in which it was written : (14)

(1) The Waste Land
(2) Brave New World
(3) Sons and Lovers
(4) The Kitchen
(5) The Tower
(6) The Home Coming
(7) Brighten Rock
(8) The Portrait of Albert as a Young Man
(9) Ulysses
(10) Of Human Bondage

4.
(a)
explain Kurtz as a Symbolic Figure.

OR
(b) “The Heart of Darkness is a complex work of art.” Do you agree with the statement ? provide reasons for your ans.
OR (14)


(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (14)
(1) Use of multiple point of view in the novel ‘The Heart of Darkness’. (2) Autobiographical elements in ‘The Heart of Darkness’.
(3) Ivory as a symbol; its significance.
(4) Characters in ‘The Heart of Darkness’.


5. (a) Comment on ‘Pygmalion’ as a issue Play. (14) OR
(b) “Show twisted ‘Pygmalion’ from what would have been, by the requirements of
drama, its natural end.” – Substantiate. (14) OR
(c) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (14)
(1) Eliza Doolittle
(2) The title of the play ‘Pygmalion’ (3) Colonel Pickering
(4) ‘Pygmalion’ as a Comedy of Manners

Earning:   Approval pending.