B.A-B.A English LITERARY FORM(Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012)

DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (ENGLISH) / B.A. (ENGLISH) ADDITIONAL DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
LITERARY FORMS
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write a note on the lyric and its kinds.
2. Explain the features of an elegy.
3. Trace the development of the force.
4. Write a brief note on the One Act play.
5. Write a note on the Picaresque novel.
6. Account for the popularity of historical novel.
7. Write about Charles Lamb and the personal Essay.

8. Define autobiography and its features.

PART B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. Discuss the conventions of the epic.
10. Write an essay on Tragic-Comedy.
11. Write an essay on the origin and aspects of comedy.
12. Write an essay on detective novel.
13. Trace the history of novel and its development.
14. Explain the different kinds of essay.
15. Write an essay on biography.

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