Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) 2008 B.A English EEG-5: Understanding Prose,e - Question Paper

EEG-5

BACHELORS DEGREE PROGRAMME Term-End Examination June, 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)    Descriptive prose

(b)    Figures of speech

(c)    Regional novel

(d)    Autobiography

(e)    Short story

2. (a) Analyse Katherine Mansfields A Cup of Tea as a story that sets characterization about plot.

(400 words)    20

OR

(b) Explain the features of Raja Raos prose style in the short story, Javni. (400 words)

3.    (a) Comment on the note of fatalism in the novel

The Mayor of Casterbridge. {400 words)    20

OR

(b) Analyse Hardys power of characterization in The Mayor of Casterbridge. (400 words)

4.    (a) Discuss the significance of the title of R.K. Narayans

novel A Tiger for Malgudi. (400 words)    20

OR

(b) Give character sketches of any two major characters of A Tiger for Malgudi. (400 words)

5.    (a) Comment on Chestertons humour in the essay On

Running After Ones Hat'. (400 words)    20

OR

(b) Analyse the personal element in the essay Old China. (400 words)

6.    (a) Outline Bertrand Russells account of his past life as

a subtle mixing of the intellectual and the emotional.

(400 words)    20

OR

(b) What is the portrait of Samuel Johnson that emerges from Boswells Life of Johnson. (400 words)

7.    (a) Trace the development of the essay as a literary

form. (400 words)    20

OR

(b) Write an essay on the different types of novels.

(400 words)

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