Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) 2009 Post Graduate Diploma in English - Prose [ / - IV] [New Scheme] - - Question Paper
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P.G. Diploma in English Examination, August 2009 (New Scheme/SIM Pattern)
Paper/Course - IV : PROSE
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 100
Note : IA Answer five questions, choosing not more than three from each Section.
PA All questions carry equal marks.
3A Do not omit any Section.
SECTION - A
1. a) Bring out the humour and irony in Goldsmiths essay, National Prejudices.
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b) Comment on the central argument in Hazlitts essay, On Familiar Style.
2. a) Attempt an estimate of Hillaire Belloc as an essayist with reference
A Conversation With a Reader.
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b) How does A.G. Gardiner pay a tribute to the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar ?
3 . a) How does Huxley debate the differences between Tragedy and the Whole Truth ?
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b) Discuss Virginia Woolfs essay Modern Fiction as a critique of the contemporary writers.
4. a) Discuss T.S. Eliots conception of poetic drama.
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b) Write a note on Forsters views on plot and story.
5. a) Examine the central argument of the essay Politics and the English
Language.
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b) How is the novelist a teacher according to Chinna Achebe ?
6. Discuss Kiplings portrayal of Tods in Tods Amendment.
7. Write a note on Jack Brennan, the hero of the short story, Fifty Grand.
8. Comment on the man-woman relationship as reflected in Lawrences story Tickets, Please.
9. Examine Anands preoccupation with social problems as presented in his story The Barbers Trade Union.
10. How does the short story The Fly reflect the absurdity of human condition ?
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