Alagappa University 2008 B.A English DISTANCE EDUCATION , ROMANTIC LITERATURE - Question Paper

            

DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2008.

ROMANTIC 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.         'Gray has been the spokesman of the rustics'. Illustrate this with special reference to his "Elegy written in a country Churchyard".

2.         Comment on the supernatural elements found in Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".

3.         How does Wordsworth explain the immortality of soul in his ode?

4.         How does Westwind symbolise Shelley's longings for the establishment of a new heaven and a new earth?

5.         Attempt a character sketch of the Vicar in "The Vicar of Wakefield".

6.         Jane Austen confines herself to the upper middle and lower middle classes in her novels. Justify this with special reference to "Emma".

7.         Write on the characteristics of the Romantic Movement.

8.         How does Keats treat the urn as a symbol of permanence in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?

SECTION B (4 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following.

All questions carry equal marks.

9.         Discuss "The Ancient Mariner" as a lyrical ballad.

10.       What elements of romantic poetry do you find in the odes of Shelley and Keats, prescribed for study?

11.       How does Goldsmith's novel prove that virtue is finally rewarded?

12.       Critically examine the theme of marriage in "Emma".

13.       "Talisman is a historical fiction" Justify.

14.       The Romantic Age is called The Second Creative period of English Literature. Discuss.

15.       Write an essay on the symbolism of William Blake's
"The Tyger".