Vinayaka Missions University 2008 M.Phil English II : HISTORY OF LITERATURE : - Question Paper

COURSE CODE - 6010102
M.PHIL DEGREE exam – JUNE 2008
M.PHIL (ENGLISH)
PAPER III
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Time: three Hours Max. Marks: 100
PART – A
ans All the ques. 10 X 3=30
1. Contribution of Chaucer to English Literature.
2. The Monk’s Tale depicted by Chaucer.
3. Miracle Plays.
4. The Coffee Houses and English Literature.
5. Joseph Addison’s “Spectator”.
6. John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”.
7. Dryden’s “Absalom and Achitophel”.
8. Revival of Mythology in the poems of John Keats.
9. Lord Tennyson as the representative poet of the
Victorian age.
10. Characteristics of modern world depicted by T.S. Eliot.
PART – B
ans any 5 ques. five X six =30
11. Characterization in Chaucer’s “Prologue to the
Canterbury Tales”
12. Shakespearean Tragedy.
13. Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” as a play of
reconciliation.
14. Alexander pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” as a mock
heroic epic.
15. Shelley’s revolutionary thoughts.
16. Joseph Addition’s Contribution to English Literature.
17. Coleridge’s “Cubla Khan”.
18. Comment on John Keats’ Odes.
PART – C
ans any 2 ques. two X 20= 40
19. Characteristics of the Classical School of Poetry.
20. Revival of Romanticism in English Literature.
21. The growth of drama in English Literature.

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