Alagappa University 2008 B.A English , LITERARY FORMS - Question Paper

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

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

LITERARY FORMS

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 an essay on the two kinds of dramatic irony.

2.         Write an essay on the Miracle and Mystery plays.

3.         Define the periodical essay.

4.         Write on the pastoral elegy.

5.         Comment on the essentials of a good satire.

6.         Define dramatic monologue.

7.         Write an essay on stream of consciousness.

8.         What is impure biography?

SECTION B (4 15 = 60 marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following.

All questions carry equal marks.

9.         Bring out the salient features of the Chorus in Drama.

10.       Bring out the essentials of a Shakespearean tragedy.

11.       What are the treatment of nature in poetry?

12.       Examine the origin of Ballad. What are the common themes? Discuss with examples.

13.       Discuss the various types of essays.

14.       Discuss the characteristic features of a short story.

15.       Write an essay on the characteristics of historical novel.