DU SOL Question Paper 2018 BA (Hons.) English - English Literature

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B.A. (Hons.)/II G

ENCLISH-Paper IV (B-102)

(English Literature-l l)

Time : 3 Hours Maxinrum Marks : 100

(lllriteyottrRoltNo. onthelopintntediatel,,- on receiptoJ thisqueslionpaper')

Note '.- The rnaxirrrurn marks printed on the question paper are

applicable for the candidates registered with School of Open

Learning. These marks will, however, be scaled down

proportionately in respect of the students of regular

colleges, at the time of posting of awards for compilation

of result.

Attempt all the ./oar questions'

Question No. I has three Parts and

Question No. 2 has nuo. F.ach part of

Question Nos. I and 2 has to be answered.

P.T.O.

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Read the passages given below and answer the questions

that follow :

(A)

(a) Close to the walls which fair Augusta bind.

(The fair Augusta must to fears inclin'd)

An ancient fabric, rais'd at' inform the sight'

There stood of yore, and Barbican it hight :

A watch tower once, but now so fate ordains,
Of all the pile an empty name remains.
From its old ruins brothel-houses rise,

Scenes of lewd loves, and polluted joys'

Where their vast courts the mother-strumpets keep,

And, undisturb'd by .watch, in silence sleep.

(,) Identifu the Poem and the Poet. 2

(it Explain the reference to "Augusta" and "the fears

inclin'd". 4

(iii) Explain the reference to "Barbican'l and "so fate
ordains". 5

(,v) Explain the line "undisturb'd by watch, in silence
' sleeP". 4

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Or

Write a note on the Game of Ontbre
in 'The Rape ol
(b)

l5
the Lock'.

(B)

\:u)
that a Prince's cottt't

flow
ls like a conlmon fountain' whence should

Pure silver clrops in general' but
ift chance

the head'
Some curs'd example poison't near

land spread'
Death and diseases througlr the whole

And what islt makes this blessed government

But a most provident council' who dare
freely

lnform him. the corruplion of the times
?

Though some o'the court hold it
presumption

To instruct princes what the ought to do'

It is a noble dutY to inform them

What theY ought to foresee'

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(4
(/) Identify the speaker and explain
the conrext. 5
(l/) E.rplain the phrases..cornrnon
fountain,,, and
"some of the court hold it presunrption,,.
5
(iii) Comment on the imagery and the
themes of the
play in the above lines.
5

Or
(b) Write a note on the Cardinal in.The
Duchess of
Malfi'.
I5
(c)
(u) Identify. explain and critically
comrnenr on the
following :
l5
"Such pleasure took the Serpent
to behold
This flow'ry plat, the sweet recess
of Eve
Thus early, thus alone, Her heavenly
forrn
Angelic, but more soft and feminine,

Her graceful innocence, her every
air
Of gesture or least action. overawed
His malice, and with rapine sweet
bereaved
His fierceness of the fierce intent
it brought.
That space the Evil One abstracted
stood
From his own evil, and for the
tirne remained
Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed,

Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge.,,

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Or

(b) How does Milton's invocation to paraclise
Zosl fbllow
the classical model of Epic poetry ?

2. (a) Briefly discuss the views of Niccolo Machiavelli
on
Fortune-

Or

Discr-rss Bacon,s views on marriage. g
s : 100
(b) Write a short note on :
7

The Machiavel in the l:.th century English tpaper.)

Drama. per are

Or rf Open

The condition of women in the lTth century. I down
3' (a) How do Florinda and Heilena gain their objectives :egurar
in
love despite alt the obstacles set forth by
a patriarchal rillation

society ?

Or

(b) Discuss the view that in The Rover there
is an
undercurrent of violence against women
and an attempt

by men to appropriate their fortune. Iilustrate
from the
text. n

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(6)5e&4
\u) Cleopatra is both a victim of ntale domination as well

as a subverter of male authority in Antr,tn1,61116l

Cleopatra. Discuss.

Or

(h) Discuss Shakespeare's portrayal of the worlds of Rome

and Egypt in Antony and Cleopatrct. n

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