Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2009 B.A English Beg-13 :restoration age ,uary - Question Paper

UG - 295 BEG-13

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION JANUARY 2009

(AY - 2004-05 batch onwards)

First Year

English

BEG-13 : RESTORATION AGE

Time : 3 hours ( Maximum marks : 75)

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1. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 30 words each : (5 * 2 = 10)

(a) Why is the eighteenth century in English literature called the Age of Reason?

(b) What is a mock epic?

(c) What is the subject of Alexanders Feast?

(d) How does Grays elegy differ from other elegies?

(e) Who is Christian in Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress?

(f) Who is the author of the Essays of Elia? Write a note on the special features of these essays.

(g) Name the two influential periodicals of the early eighteenth century.

(h) Define Comedy of manners.

(i) What is a satire? What is generally its intention?

(j) Write a note on the structure of Joseph Andrews.

2. Write short notes on any THREE of the following in about 100 words each : (3 * 5 = 15)

(a) The precursors of the Romantic Movement.

(b) Lycidas as a pastoral poem.

(c) Lambs narration of the discovery of art of roasting.

(d) The characteristics of Restoration Drama

(e) The perennial popularity of Swifts Gullivers Travels.

3. Answer any TWO of the following in about 200 words each : (2 * 10 = 20)

(a) Discuss Drydens Alexanders Feast as a dramatic poem.

(b) Attempt an essay on the eighteenth century social life presented in The Spectator.

(c) Discuss the themes of Congreves The Way of the World.

(d) Sketch the character of Joseph Andrews.

4. Answer any TWO of the following in about 300 words each : (2 15 = 30)

(a) What are the characteristic features of Popes The Rape of the Lock?

(b) Evaluate The Pilgrims Progress as an allegory.

(c) How does The School for Scandal reflect the contemporary society?

(d) Write a critical appreciation on Defoes Robinson Crusoe.

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