Alagappa University 2009 B.A English DISTANCE EDUCATION /.(Eng) (Addl) , RESTORATION LITERATURE - Question Paper

 

 

            

DISTANCE EDUCATION

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

RESTORATION LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A (5 8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following questions.

1. Write a short note on the term 'Restoration'.

2. Compare and contrast Milton's 'L' Allegro IL Penseraso'.

3. Write a critical appreciation of the poem 'The Lamb'.

4. Write a short note on the Picaresque elements found in Joseph Andrews.

5. How is "holy love" celebrated in 'A song for St. Cecilia's day'?

6. Write a summary of 'Popular superstition'.

7. Sketch the character of Charles surface.

8. Sketch the character of Mrs. Hard Castle.

SECTION B (4 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following questions.

9. The Puritans had made men 'eat religion with their bread,' till the taste of it sickened them - Justify.

10. An Epistle to Arbuthnot is a satire. Justify.

11. Write a critical appreciation of the poem 'Ode to Evening'.

12. How does Joseph Andrews picture the life in London during the eighteenth century?

13. Discuss The School for Scandal as a comedy of manners.

14. Justify the title 'She stoops to conquer'.

15. Write the summary of 'Sir Roger at Home'.