Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2009 B.A English Beg-2 : the ustan age and the romantic age ,uary - Question Paper

UG - 282 BEG-2

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION JANUARY 2009

First Year

(AY - 2003-04 and CY - 2004 only)

English

BEG-2 : THE AUGUSTAN AGE AND THE ROMANTIC AGE

Time : 3 hours ( Maximum marks : 75)

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1. Write short notes on any FIVE of the following : (5 * 3 = 15)

(a) Why are the essays of Addison and Steele called Periodical Essays?

(b) How does Belinda rise in her charms?

(c) Describe the strange lady seen by Christabel.

(d) Show how Shelley stresses the invisibility of the skylark.

(e) Why is the urn called the foster-child of silence and slow Time?

(f) What are the articles found on the dressing table of Belinda?

(g) Name the unwelcome persons that Christian meets in his onward journey.

(h) Why does Mr. Collins get married to Charlotte though he wants to get married to one of the Bennet girls?

2. Write essays on any THREE in about 200 words each : (3 * 10 = 30)

(a) Describe the events leading to the exposure

of Joseph Surfaces villainy.

(b) What made Elizabeth change her first opinion of Darcy and agree to marry him?

(c) What is original about the characters created by Bunyan in his Pilgrims Progress?

(d) Attempt a character sketch of Achitophel.

(e) Trace the feelings and thoughts of Shelley in To a Skylark.

(f) Justify the two digressions in Lycidas.

3. Write short answers to any TWO of the following : (2 * 10 = 20)

(a) Bring out the contrast between art and reality as seen by Keats.

(b) Consider The Oceanas a poem on Nature.

(c) Account the general characteristics of Hazlitts writing.

(d) Treat The School for Scandal as an anti-sentimental comedy.

4. Write an essay on any ONE of the following : (1 10 = 10)

(a) How does Wordsworth bring out different types of love in his Michael?

(b) What is Johnsons estimate of Lycidas?

(c) The intention of The School for Scandal is to correct pleasantly- Discuss.

 

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