English Literature

English Literature (Paper- IV)-  American Literature Section- A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks. Q1. Choose the correct option: (i) Besides being an essayist, Emerson was also: (a) Satirist (b) Poet (c) Novelist (d) Dramatist (ii) Which one of the following is not part of trinity of symbols in the poem ‘When Licacs last in the Dooryard Bloomed’? (a) Lilac (b) Star (c) Song bird (d) Rose (iii) The line: ‘I took the one less travelled by/ And that has made all the difference’ occurs in: (a) Stopping by woods on a snowy Evening (b) After Apple Picking (c) Birches (d) The Road not taken (iv) Who called Yank, ‘The Filthy beast’? (a) Second Engineer (b) Aunt of Mildred Douglas (c) Mildred Douglas (d) Long (v) What is the name of the town where Huck, Jim and Tom live at the novel’s opening? (a) Cairo (b) St. Louis (c) Pikesville (d) St. Petersburg Section- B (short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each qu...

English Literature (Paper- III)-  Indian Writing in English Section – A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks. Q1. Choose the correct option: (i) Tagore was given the Nobel Award in……….. (a) 1913 (b) 1918 (c) 1923 (d) None of the above (ii) Wings of Fire is a…….. (a) Biography (b) Autobiography (c) A Play (d) A Story (iii) Who is known as Mystic poet? (a) Arun Joshi (b) Tagore (c) Anita Desai (d) Badal Sircar (iv) Valley of Assassins is written by: (a) Badal Sircar (b) Arun Joshi (c) Anita Desai (d) Asif Currimbhoy (v) Maya is a character in: (a) Savitri (b) Geetanjali (c) The City and the River (d) Cry, the Peacock Section- B (Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. Q2. Explain with reference to the context: ‘It was the hour before the God’s awake. Across the path of the divine Event The huge foreboding mind of Night, alone In her unlit temple of eternity, Lay stretched im...

English Literature (Paper- II)-  English Language Section-A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks. Q1. Choose the correct option: (i) Total number of vowel sounds in English is: (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d)None of these (ii) In common English Pronunciation /el/ is: (a) alphabet (b) pure vowel (c) monophthong (d) diphthong (iii) ‘Articulatoy’, ‘Acoustic’ and ‘Auditory’ are the three major branches of: (a) Phonology (b) Semantics (c) Phonetics (d) Grammar (iv) Single out the active organ of speech: (a) Tongue (b) Teeth (c) Uvula (d) Palate (v) Scientific study of language is called: (a) Sentence (b) Grammar (c) Linguistics (d) Literature Section- B (Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt all five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. Q2. Give some definitions of language given by famous linguists. OR Write some characteristics of Language. Q3. What are three language varieties you have read? Define any one of them. OR Write ...

English Literature (Paper I)- Critical Theory Section- A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 2 marks. Q1. Choose the correct option: (i) Who said, 'Plot is the soul of tragedy'? (a) Homer (b ) Aristotle (c) Longinus (d) Dryden (ii) Sources of sublimity are: (a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) Five (iii) Who said, “Poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings’’? (a) Longinus (b) Arnold (c) Wordsworth (d) Coleridge (iv) The concept of fancy and imagination was propounded by: (a) Coleridge (b) Wordsworth (c) Sydney (d) Dr. Johnson (v) Touchstone method is associated with: (a) Eliot (b) Matthew Arnold (c) Coleridge (d) Dr. Johnson Section- B (Short Answer Type Questions) Note:- Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. Q2. Write a brief note on rasa theory. Q3. Discuss theory of imitation. Q4. Define sublimity with its sources. Q5. Write a note on French and English drama. Q6. Discuss Wordsworth’s concept of simpl...

English Literature (Paper IV) (Prose) Section-A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks. Q.1. Choose the correct option: 5x2 =10 (i) Plato's Republic was written in ----- city: a. Athens b. London c. Istambul d. Paris (ii) Malayalis called Kamala Das by nick name: a. Mallika b. Madhavikutty c. Madhvika d. Madhumati (iii) Bacon's essays were originally written in ---- language: a. English b. Latin c. French d. German (iv) William Hazlitt was born in: a. 1778 b. 1788 c. 1858 d. 1828 (v) Lala Hardayal died in: a. Chandigarh b. New Delhi c. Philadelphia d.London Section-B ( Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt all five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. 5x7= 35 Q2. Explain with reference to context: When the second world war threatened to grow into an interminable horror my father decided to send us to our ancestral home in Malabar which was called the Nalpat house. OR Read not to contradict and confute; nor to beli...

  English Literature -Paper III (Fiction) Section-A (Objective Type Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks.  Q.1. Choose the correct option: 5x2 =10 (i) Don Quixote was originally written in: a. English b. Spanish c. Russian d. Polish (ii) Tom Jones is a: a. Gothic novel b. Historical novel c. Picaresque novel d. Realistic novel (iii) Who is the heroine of Kenilworth: a. Sophia b. Molly c. Amy d. Dulcinea (iv) Name the brother of Maggie: a. Deane b. Stephen c. John d. Alfred (v) Who was the benefactor of Pip: a. Compeyson b. Herbert c. Magwitch d.Havisham Section-B ( Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 07 marks. 5x7= 35 Q2. Discuss the theme of Kadambari. Q3. Write a character sketch of Sancho Panza. Q4. Bring out the characteristics of Tom Jones' personality. Q5. Discuss characterisation of Henry Esmond. Q6. Discuss Robinson Crusoe as an adventure novel. Q7. Discuss the character of Varney....