DU SOL Question Paper 2018 BA (Hons.) English - Forms of Popular Fiction

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(u) Conrnrent on (ione *,ilh the ll/ind as a saga ot the

civil war.

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Write a noie on Mitchell's portrayal of slaves in Gone

with the wind. t5

(b) Write a note on Caroline as detective in Christie's ?r&e

Murrler a!' Roger Ackroyd.

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Comment on the setting of Agatha Christie's novei, Ifte

Murder of' Rcger Ackravd. t)

(c) Comment on the description of SMERSH in Fleming's From

Rilssiq with Love.

(h

Write a note on the Gypsy communiry in lan Fleming's

From Russic with Love, focussing on race and gender

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(a) Felicity Hughes asserts that "fantasy has been merely

abandoned to the child readeC'. Explain her statement by

placing it in context of her essay 'Children's Liierature :

Theory and Practice'.

(h

Examine the nature of the pedagogic paradigms advocated

by Darko Suvin in the teaching of science fiction in the

classroom in his essay, 'On teaching SF critically'. 8

(b) Popular literature is largely a literature of escape. relying

much too heavily on fantasy Justi$ or refute.

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The spy thriller is a special Western genre that draws

heavily on the Cold War. Comrnent. 7

(a) Analyse Carroll's exploration of the anxieties of
his age through Alice's journey in Through the Looking

Glass.

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(bi Examine Carroll's use of fantasy in disrupting and rear-

ranging the assumptions of the adult world in Through

the Looking Glass. n
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1. (e) Do you agree that the interplay between scientific deter-

minism and hrman free wil! gives shape to the real concenrs

in Isaac Asimov's Foundati<sn ? Cive a reasoned answer.

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tb) Asimov's Foundutigtr is actuaiiy a looseiy stitehed

collection of scattere d narratives, helci together

by psychohistory. Do you agree ? Provide a reasoned

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