Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2010-1st 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)
First Year
English
THE AUGUSTAN AGE AND THE ROMANTIC AGE
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 75
1.Write short notes on any 3 of the subsequent in about 50 words every : (3 x five = 15)
(a)Was the Man in Black a miser or a generous person?
(b)Why has Lamb preferred for China cups and saucers?
(c)What, according to Milton, is the last infirmity of the noble mind?
(d)Why did Achitophel select Absalom?
(e)How does Gray bring out man's love of life?
(f)Enumerate the qualities of the ocean mentioned in the last stanza.
(g)How does Collins define a calm evening?
(h)When does the dreamer awake in
The Pilgrim's Progress?
2.Write essays on any 3 of the subsequent in about 200 words every : (3 x 10 = 30)
(a)Bring out the humour current in "Old China" of Lamb.
(b)What are the qualities of the creator revealed in ''The Tiger''?
(c)Describe the atmosphere of mystery created by Coleridge in "Christabel."
(d)Examine the complaint of a few critics that The School for Scandal has no moral to convey.
(e)Evaluate Milton 's style as per the stand point of Dr. Johnson.
(f)Bring out the mock epic features in "The Rape of the Lock."
3.Write short answers on any 2 of the subsequent in about 200 words every :(2 x 10 = 20)
(a)Elucidate Johnson as a biographer.
(b)Comment on the structure of the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn.'
(c)Write an essay justifying ''Lycidas'' as a pastoral elegy.
(d)Give an account of the Jane-Bingley love episode.
4.Write an essay on any 1 of the subsequent : (1 x 10 = 10)
(a)How does Wordsworth blend family love with the love of Nature?
(b)Discuss the view that the characters in
The School for Scandal are 'recognizably human.'
(c)Do you accept the view that Bunyan's characters are vehicles of allegory?

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