Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) 2010 B.A Third Year - Optional English - V - Growth of the English Language, Characteristics of Modern English, Hudson and Practical Criticism - Question Paper

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Final Year B.A. Examination, May/June 2010 (Revised SIM Scheme)

OPTIONAL ENGLISH (Course - V)

Growth of the English Language, Characteristics of Modern English, Hudson

and Practical Criticism

Time : 3 Hours    Max. Marks : 90

Note : i) Question 1 and 4 are compulsory.

ii) Answer four other questions choosing two from Section A (Q.2) and two from Section B (Q.3).

SECTION - A

1. Indicate the origin of ten of the following words :    (10x2=20)

1) Album	11) Ego
2) Ode	12) Bible
3) Wine	13) Bismillah
4) Religion	14) Calibre
5) Teak	15) Valet
6) Estate	16) Ugly
7) Reason	17) Today
8) Algebra	18) Prophet
9) Happy	19) Status
10) Irony	20) Harem

2. Answer two of the following :    (2x10=20)

a)    Comment on the influence of French on the English language.

b)    How did Shakespeare contribute to the growth of English language ?

c)    Make a detail study of the characteristics of old English.

d)    Write short notes on any two of the following :

i)    The Bow-Wow Theory.

ii)    Greek influence on the English language.

iii)    English as world language.

iv)    Alphabetical system.

3. Answer any two of the following :

a)    Discuss the relevance of didactic element in poetry.

b)    What are Hudsons views on Greek and Elizabethan drama ?

c)    What is criticism ? Draw the distinction between judicial and inductive criticism.

d)    Write short notes on any two of the following :

i)    The short story.

ii)    Pathetic fallacy.

iii)    The ode.

iv)    The Greek Tragedy.

SECTION - C

4. Attempt a critical analysis of two of the following. Choosing one from poetry

and one from prose.

a) I never can learn to do it, The little kite said,

As he looked at the others high over his head.

I know I should fall if I tried to flay.

Try, said the big Kite, Only try !

Or I fear you never will learn at all.

But the little Kite said : I m afraid Ill fall.

The big kite nodded : Ah, well, good-bye ;

Im off. And he rose toward the tranquil sky. Then the little kites paper stirred at the right.

And trembling he shook himself free for flight. First whirling and frightened, then braver grown, Up, up he rose through the air alone,

Till the big Kite looking down could see The little one rising steadily.

b)    Mortality, behold and fear,

What a change of flesh is here !

Think how many royal bones Sleep with in these heaps of stones ;

Here they lie, had realms and lands,

Who now want strength to stir their hands,

Where from their pulpits seald with dust They preach, In greatness is no trust.

c)    And then Gandhi came. He was like a powerful current of fresh air that made us stretch ourselves and take deep breaths ; like a beam of light that pierced the darkness and removed the scales from our eyes ; like a whirlwind that upset many things, but most of all the working of peoples minds. He did not descend from the top ; he seemed to emerge from the millions of India, speaking their language and incessantly drawing attention to them and their appalling condition. Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation ; get rid of the system that produces this poverty and misery. Political freedom took new shape then and acquired a new content. Much that he said we only partially accepted or sometimes did not accept at all. But all was secondary. The essence of his teaching was fearlessness and truth.

d)    There were six of them, the best and bravest of the heros companions. Turning back from his post in the bows, Odysscus was in time to see them lifted, struggling, in to the air, to hear their screams, the desperate repetition of his own name. The survivors could only look on, helplessly, while Scylla at the mouth of her cave devoured them, still screaming, still streching out their hands to me in the frightful struggle. And Odysscus adds that it was the most dreadful and lamentable sight he ever saw in all his explorings of the passes of the sea. We can believe it ; Homers brief description convinces us.

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