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

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Your Roll No.

E.A. (Hons.)il I G

ENGLISH-Paper lll (B- I 0 I )

(English Literature I)

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : lA0

(wrire your Roll Na. on the top immediarery,on receipt
of this que,stion paper.)

Note :- The maximum marks printed on the question paper are

applicable for the candidates registered with the School

of Open Leaming. These marks will, however. be scaleci

down proportionately in respect of the students of regu_

lar colleges, at the time of posting of awards for com_
pilation of result.

Attempt all the lbrr questions.

The first question has three parts and

the second question has fwo parts.

Each of the three parts in euestion No. I and

the two parts in euestion No. 2 are to be answered.

(a) (t Identify the following lines, explain the context and

give critical comments :

My fourthe housebonde was a revelour--

This is to seyn, he hadde a Paramour-

And I was yong and ful of ragerye,

Stiborn and strong, and joly as a pye.

Wel coude I daunce to an harPe smale,

And singe, y-wis, as any nightingale,

When I had dronke a draughte of swete wyn.

Or

(rr) Write a short note on the theme of 'gentilesse'
in The Wde of Bath's Tale. l5

(b) (rJ Identiff, explain and critically comment on :

Blest fig's end ! The wine she drinks is made of

grapes. If she had been blest she would never

have loved the Moor. Blest pudding ! Didst though

not see her paddle with the.palm of his hand ?
Didst not mark that ?

Or

(rr) Write a short note on Emilia. 15

of Silvius and
(c) (i) Write a short note on the Pageant

Phebe.

Or

of Touchstone
(li) Critically examine the significance
l)
in As You l-ike It'

of Man
2. (a) (r) "Pico's essay Oration on the Dignity
Humanism'"
provicles a manit'esto of Renaissance

Do you agree ? Give reasons'

Or

and Freewill suggests
(tt) "Calvin in Pre<lestination

that human will is surrogate
to universal laws'"

Critically examine the statement'
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ne of the following :

Write a short note on any
c)
(b)

(,) The Globe Theatre

Or

(tt) The MoralitY PlaY'

\a) "ln Astrophel and Stella Sidney mediates the Petrarchan

conventions of the sonnet tradition with the authenticity

of experience." Critically examine the statement with

suitable example from the poems in your syllabus.

(>

(b) "Donne's love poetry underlines the dialectical
expression of the sacred and the profane." Do you

agree ? Give reasons. n

4. {a) ls Doctor Faustus a Renaissance drama or a Christian

tragedy ? Give reasons for your answer.

Or

(b) Critically examine the comic scenes of Doctor Fauslus

with their thematic and narrative significance. n

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