Tuesday 23 December 2014

Past Paper Novel 2004 | M.A. English Part I (PU) | Eureka Study Aids

Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. The larger subject in Pride and Prejudice is human nature. Elaborate this with reference to the two main characters - Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.
2. How far may Hardy's The Return of the Native be described as a study in disillusionment?
3. Discuss the manner in which Anthony Trollope contextualizes the broad historical, technological and social concerns of his times in Bar Chester Towers.
4. Write a detailed comment on Anthony Trollope's art of characterization in the light of R.H. Hutton's observation that ---- 'Everybody in Mr. Trollope is more or less under pressure swayed lither and thither by opposite attractions assailed on this side and that by the strategy of rivals.'
5. Trace the development of Adam Bede's self-realization through a process of emotional turmoil within him.
6. Discuss the symbolic treatment of La Guillotine by Dicken's in "A Tale of Two Cities" to convey the violence and bloodshed of the French Revolution.
7. Write critical notes on any TWO of the following topics:
(i) Nature as a Backdrop in Hardy's Novels
(ii) Jane Austen's Stylistic Technique
(iii) A Tale of Two Cites as Historical Fiction
(iv) George Eliot's Narrative Technique

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