[BA 4th Sem Question Papers, Dibrugarh University, 2015, English, Major, Reading Fiction]
2015
(May)
ENGLISH
(Major)
Course: 402
(Reading Fiction)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Give very short answer to any eight of the following: 1x8=8
- Who is the author of The Vicar of Wakefield?
- Which one out of these two novels – The Portrait of a Lady and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – is written by Henry James?
- Who wrote To the Lighthouse?
- Which one of these three novels – Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Jane Eyre – is not written by Jane Austen?
- By what name is the popular novelist of the twentieth century Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski known as?
- Who is the author of the novel, The Pool of Vishnu?
- In which novel of Thomas Hardy is Michael Henchard a character?
- Which one out of these three novels – The Time Machine, Mrs. Dalloway and The Rainbow – is written by D. H. Lawrence?
- What genre of novel is Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones?
- Who is the author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy?
2. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Enumerate the causes that contributed to the development of English novel as a popular form of literature in the eighteenth century.
- Present a critical assessment of either George Eliot or R. L. Stevenson as a Victorian novelist.
- Present an evaluation of the contributions of E. M. Forster to the twentieth century novel.
- Examine George Orwell as a writer of modern fiction.
3. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Present a note on the treatment of the theme of love in A Tale of Two Cities.
- Critically evaluate the character of either Sydney Carton or Manette.
- Prepare a note on the interweaving of personal with the historical in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.
4. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Analyze critically the narrative technique of Wuthering Heights.
- Who do you consider the central character in Wuthering heights – Heathcliff or Catherine? Substantiate your answer with convincing arguments.
- Discuss Wuthering Heights as a Gothic novel.
5. Answer any one of the following: 12
- Critically examine Lawrence’s treatment of the role of father in Sons and Lovers.
- Present a critical analysis of Paul Miriam relationship in Sons and Lovers.
- Discuss how Lawrence integrates the theme of individual quest for freedom and the dehumanizing effect of Industrial Revolution in Sons and Lovers.
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6. Answer any six of the following: 4x6=24
- Comment briefly on the theme of sacrifice in A Tale of Two Cities.
- Present a brief character sketch of Madam Defarge.
- Discuss in brief the use of coincidences in A Tale of Two Cities.
- Comment briefly on the character of Edgar in Wuthering Heights.
- Comment briefly on the destructive nature of love as presented in Wuthering Heights.
- Comment briefly on the use of locations as symbols in Wuthering Heights.
- Discuss briefly the theme of Oedipus complex in Sons and Lovers.
- Present a brief character sketch of Gertrude Morel.
- Discuss the role of religion in the lives of Paul and Miriam.
- Discuss in brief Paul’s attitude towards women in Sons and Lovers.
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