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

            

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

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

VICTORIAN LITERATURE

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION A (5 8 = 40 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions given below each not exceeding 150 words.

1. Write a brief note on the historical background of the Victorian Age.

2. What is Brownings conception of the artist as expressed in Andrea del Sarto?

3. How are Oxford and its surroundings described in Arnolds The Scholar Gipsy?

4. How does Eliot describe traditional elements and their significance?

5. Sketch the character of Biddy in Great Expectations.

6. What were the circumstances that led to Angels separation from Jess?

7. Write briefly on the Christmas Sermon of Becket.

8. Compare and contrast the characters of Cathlean and Nora in Riders to the Sea.

SECTION B (4 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR essay type questions given below in
400 words each.

9. How are the different types of love portrayed in
The Importance of Being Earnest?

10. Pygmalion is a didactic play. What lessons does
Shaw wish to teach in this play?

11. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the story of Stephens rebellion and search Discuss.

12. Write an essay on Arnolds views of poetry.

13. Comment on the use of quotations and allusions by Eliot in The Waste Land.

14. Consider The Wreck of the Deutschland as a religious poem.

15. What are the literary features of the Victorian Age?