Past Paper Novel 2016 | M.A. English Part I (PU) | Eureka Study Aids

Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks. 

1. "Pride and Prejudice is simultaneously high comedy, devasting satire and compassionate panorama". Substantiate critically. 

2. "Hardy's picture of Wessex is the most elaborate study of landscape in English Literature". Analyze. 

3. In "A Tale of Two Cities" the story contributes more to the characterization than the dialogue. Discuss this narrative technique. 

4. "Trollope is akin to Fielding on the one hand, to Jane Austen on the other, " says Walter Scott. How far do you agree? 

5. "Of all George Eliot's novels ADAM BEDE posssesses the most clearly discernible pattern." What is your opinion? 

6. Critically evaluate how Jane Austen has integrated social concerns of her age in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE?

7. Write critical notes on any TWO of the following;

(i) Thomas Hardy's Pessimism

(ii) Methodism in ADAM BEDE

(iii) Resurrection in "A Tale of Two Cities"

(iv) George Eliot's Humour