Alagappa University 2009 B.A English DISTANCE EDUCATION and . (Addl) , ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE - Question Paper

 

            

DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English) and B.A.(English) (Addl. Degree)
DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2009.

ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A (5 8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following.

All questions carry equal marks.

1. Write a short note on the divine figures invoked by spenser in "The prologue to Faerie Queene".

2. What is the comparison that Sir Philip Sidney has attempted in "The Nightingale"?

3. Describe the views of Nashe on death.

4. Explain the metaphysical conceit or similie that Herbert uses in his poem " The pulley".

5. What are the stock themes found in the sonnets of Shakespeare?

6. Bacon as an essayist.

7. "Utopia" as a moral fable.

8. Write briefly on Jonsonian comedy.

SECTION B (4 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

9. Consider Edward - II as a Tragedy.

10. Discuss "The Shoemaker's Holiday" as a citizen play.

11. Analyse Bacon's views on Truth and Revenge.

12. Write an appreciation of Robert Herrick's poem "Delight in Disorder".

13. How does the poet make his plea to 'This Coy Mistress'?

14. Consider the poem "The Prologue to Faerie Queene" as modelled on epic convention.

15. Write a note on comedy of Humours.