[BA 4th Sem Question Papers, Dibrugarh University, 2014, English, Major, Reading Fiction]
1. Give very short answer to any eight of the following: 1x8=8
- Who is the novelist of Vanity Fair?
- With what name is novelist Eric Arthur Blair popularly known as?
- What is the real name of George Eliot?
- Who wrote the Jungle Book?
- What type of novel is Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto?
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was authored by which women novelist?
- Under what category do the novels like Hard Times, Sybil, and Mary Barton fall?
- Who is the third of the Bronte sisters after Charlotte and Emily?
- Arthur Conan Doyle has created the character of the immortal detective. Who is he?
- To which group of British writers and thinkers did E. M. Forster belong to?
2. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Present an estimate of either Jane Austen or Walter Scott as a novelist of the Romantic Age.
- Present an account on Daniel Defoe’s contribution as a novelist to the development of realistic prose fiction.
- Discuss the contribution of Thomas Hardy to English novel.
- Present a note on the contribution of either William Golding or Virginia Woolf as writer of modern fiction.
3. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Critically analyze the theme of redemption and resurrection in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.
- Attempt a character-sketch of either Madam Defarge or Charles Darnay.
- What Dickens’ attitude to the French Revolution is as envisaged in A Tale of Two Cities?
4. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Analyze the role of Lockwood as a narrator in Wuthering Heights.
- How far does the physical landscape of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange influence the development of the story and the presentation of character in Wuthering heights?
- Present a critical discussion on the themes of class, women and patriarchy in Wuthering heights.
5. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Write a note on the theme of class conflict as delineated in Sons and Lovers.
- Critically discuss Sons and Lovers as a modern novel.
- Present a critical account on the structure of novel, Sons and Lovers.
6. Answer any six of the following: 4x6=24
- Evaluate A Tale of Two Cities as a historical novel.
- Present a brief character-sketch of Doctor Manette.
- Discuss, a brief, the theme of violence in A Tale of Two Cities.
- Comment briefly on the character of Heathcliff.
- Present a brief note on the use of the supernatural elements in Wuthering heights.
- Comment briefly on the attitude of Catherine to Heathcliff and Edgar.
- Present a brief comment on the Paul-Clara relationship.
- Comment on the significance of the title, Sons and Lovers.
- Give a brief character sketch of Baxter Dawes.
- Comment briefly on the relationship between Walter and Gertrude Morel.
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