Gujarat University 2007 B.A FA-03 English -I (Main) - Question Paper

FA-03
English Paper-I
(Main)




To three Hours
Total Marks : 70

(1) Figures to right indicate full marks.
(2) Clearly indicate the choices you attempt.


1. (a) Match the literary ages mentioned in Column A with their characteristics listed 05
in Column !
A B

(1) 1550-1625 (a) Prominence of nature poetry
(2) 1625-1660 (b) Growth of realistic novel
(3) 1740-1798 (c) Stream of consciousness novel
(4) 1832-1880 (d) Age of prose and cause
(5) 1939-1960 (e) The golden age of drama & poetry

(b) Mention the ages to which the subsequent writers belong ! 05

(1) James Joyce

(2) John Milton

(3) William Wordsworth

(4) W.H. Auden

(5) Thomas Kyd


(c) Match the writers mentioned in Column A with their works listed in Column ! 08
A B



(1) Jonathan Swift (a) Tom Jones
(2) Alexander Pope (b) Eve of St. Agnes
(3) Henry Fielding (c) Dr. Faustus
(4) Keats (d) Gulliver9s Travels
(5) Marlowe (e) The Rape of the Lock
(6) Joseph Conrad (f) To the Light House
(7) E.M. Forster (g) Lord Jim
(8) Virginia Woolf (h) A Passage to India






2. (a) describe literature and enumerate its general characteristics. 14

OR

(b) define in detail the different functions of literature.

OR

(c) explain the cause for studying literature.


3. Show your acquaintance with any 4 of the subsequent literary terms ! 08

Symbol, Humour, Character, Irony, Episode, Wit, Jargon, Poetic Justice.


4. (a) Evaluate ‘Arms and the Man’ as an anti-romantic comedy. 15

OR

(b) define the major themes of ‘Arms and the Man’.

OR

(c) Write short notes on any t%o ! (i) Raina
(ii) Sergius

(iii) The title ! ‘Arms and the Man’ (iv) Captain Bluntschli

5. (a) Write a detailed summary of Coleridge’s poem ‘‘She is not Fair to Outward View’’. 15

OR

(b) Comment on the theme of the poem ‘Lines to an Indian Air’.

OR

(c) define John Donne’s attitude towards love as reflected in his poem ‘The Sun Rising’.

Earning:   Approval pending.