B.A-B.A English RESTORATION LITERATURE%28Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012%29

DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. (English)/B.A. (English Addl.) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
RESTORATION LITERATURE
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 300 words each.
1. How does Milton glorify mirth in “L’Allegro”?
2. Comment on the tone of “A song for St. Cecilia’s Day”.
3. What does the ‘epitaph’ of “Elegy written in a country churchyard” convey?
4. How does Blake portray the tiger?
5. Comment on Roger’s odd behaviour at the theatre.
6. What light does “Joseph Andrews” throw on the contempory life of London?
7. How does the plot of ‘She stoops to conquer’ move with the contribution of Tony Lumpkin?
8. How does Collin portray the evening?
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about 500 words each.
9. Comment on the elements of satire found in “An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot”.
10. Write a critical appreciation of “The Cost away”.
11. How far are the functions of Joseph Andrews and Parson Adams connected with Fielding’s purpose in “Joseph Andrews”?
12. Are Addison and Steele satirists? Give reasons by giving a reference to the essays prescribed for you.
13. Comment on the end of “She Stoops to Conquer”.
14. Discuss the construction of plot in “The school for Scandal”.
15. Write an essay on “Restoration Literature”.

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