Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) 2008 B.A English EEG-5: Understanding Prose - - Question Paper
EEG-5
BACHELORS DEGREE PROGRAMME Term-End Examination December, 2008 ELECTIVE COURSE : ENGLISH EEG-5 : UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write short notes on any two of the following : (approx. 200 words each) : 2x10=20
(a) Biography
(b) Personification
(c) Expository prose
(d) Gothic novel
2. (a) Describe O. Henrys technique of
characterization in After Twenty Years.
(400 words) - 20
OR
(b) Analyse the plot of Mulk Raj Anands The Lost Child. (400 words)
3. (a) Analyse Hardys The Mayor of Casterbridge as
a regional novel. (400 words) 20
OR
(b) The Mayor of Casterbridge is a tragedy of circumstances. Discuss. (400 words)
4. (a) Comment on A Tiger for Malgudi as an
allegory of human dignity. (400 words) 20
OR
(b) Analyse the plot of Narayans novel A Tiger for Malgudi. (400 words)
5. (a) What are the thoughts evoked in the essay
Meditations in Westminster Abbey ?
(400 words) 20
OR
(b) Analyse the autobiographical element in the essay Old China. (400 words)
6. (a) Comment on Nehrus Harrow and Cambridge
as a subtle mingling of character sketches and narrative. (400 words) 20
OR
(b) Outline the portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as drawn by Lytton Strachey in his Queen Victoria. (400 words)
7. (a) Describe the differences between Biography
and Autobiography. (400 words) 20
OR
' (b) Identify the characteristics that go into the making of a good short story. (400 words)
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