Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2010-2nd Year B.A English - E, (AY 2003-04 and CY 2004 tches only) - Question Paper

B.A. DEGREE exam
JUNE, 2010.
(AY 2003-04 and CY 2004 batches only)
Second Year
English
THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM 1801 TO THE current DAY AND LITERARY FORMS
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 75
1.Write short notes on any 5 of the subsequent :
(5 x three = 15)
(a)W.B. Yeats as a modern poet.
(b)What are the special features of Synge 's plays?
(c)Animal Farm.
(d)The Industrial Revolution.
(e)What were the effects of the cold war?
(f)The Masque.
(g)Role of the chorus.
2.Write short notes on any 4 of the subsequent :
(4 x five = 20)
(a)The characteristic features of Carlyle 's prose.
(b)The prose contribution of R.L. Stevenson.
(c)The major writings of Browning.
(d)Epic drama.
(e)Conrad 's fiction.
(f)Falklands crisis.
(g)Tragi comedy.
(h)'Detective novel'.
3.Attempt essays on any 4 of the subsequent in about 200 words every : (4 x 10 = 40)
(a)(i) Write an essay on the major essayists of the century.
Or
(ii)The main aspects of Ruskin 's prose.
(b)(i) Tennyson as the representative of his Age – explain.
Or
(ii)Comment on the poetry of Ted Hughes.
(c)(i) Write about the plays of Bernard Shaw.
Or
(ii)Write a note on Barrie.
(d)(i) Who were the important women novelists of the nineteenth century?
Or
(ii)Attempt a comparative study of Thackeray and Dickens.
(e)(i) Consider the Victorian Age as an era of reform.
Or
(ii)Comment on World War I.
(f)(i) Write about the ''Atlantic character''.
Or
(ii)Write a note on the United Nations Organisation.
(g)(i) Discuss the origins of drama.
Or
(ii)Write briefly on ''the tragic hero''.
(h)(i) What is a 'picaresque' novel?
Or
(ii)How would you identify a ''novel of character''?
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