M.A English "British Fiction - II" Question Paper-4 of 2nd Semester, all semesters Question Paper Download.

MA English 2nd Semester
British Fiction - II
Paper: IV

Time Allowed: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks: 80 

Note: - Attempt all the questions. 

Question No. 1 is of 20 marks and the remaining questions carry 15 marks each. 

I. Write short notes on about 200 words each on any three of the following: 

(a) Metafiction 

(b) Naturalism 

(c) Autobiographical Novel 

(d) Bloomsbury Group 

(e) Colonialism

(f) Modernist Fictional techniques.

II. Analyse the character of Gertrude Morel to determine whether she is a martyred victim or a destructive woman. Support your view through a close reading of D.H. Lawrence's novel Sons and Lovers.

OR 

Examine the ending of D.H. Lawrence's novel Sons and Lovers bringing out the thematic implications.

III. How does Virginia Woolf exploit the stream of conscious technique in Mrs. Dalloway to explore the inner life of fictional characters?

OR 

Comment on the portrayal of Septimus Smith in Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway.

IV. How is the theme of Racism reflected in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness?

OR 

Examine the narrative structure of Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

V. Trace the major themes embodied in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies.

OR

Comment on the significance of the title Lord of the Files.

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M.A English "British Drama-II" Question Paper-3 of 4th Semester, all semesters Question Paper Download.

MA English 4th Semester
British Drama-II
Paper-III 

Time Allowed: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks: 80

Note:-

1) (i) Attempt all the questions. The word limit for Questions Nos. 2 to 5 is 600 each.

1. Write short notes of about 200 words each on any three of the following: 

(i) Realism in Drama 

(ii) Impressionism 

(iii) Poetic Play 

(iv) Theatre of Cruelty 

(v) Kitchen Sink Drama

(vi) Irish Movement.

2. Discuss the function of interlude in 'Murder in The Cathedral'. Is it crucial to the dramatic pattern?

OR

Discuss Martyrdom as the central theme of T.S. Eliot Play Murder in The Cathedral'.

3. Write a note on the religious significance of Waiting for Godot'.

OR 

Explain the significance of the title 'Waiting for Godot'.

4. In what way is Look Back in Anger is a criticism of the English middle class? Discuss.

OR

Write a critical note on the structure of the Plot construction of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.

5. Write a note on the use of symbolism in the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

OR

Give a brief analysis of Major Characters in the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

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M.A English "Indian Writing in Translation" Question Paper-2 of 4th Semester, all semesters Question Paper Download.

MA English 4th Semester
Indian Writing in Translation
Paper: II

Time Allowed: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks: 80

Note: - 

(1) Attempt all the questions. 

(2) The questions carry marks as indicated.

I. Write short notes (200 words each) on any three of the following: 

(i) Indian perspectives on translation. 

(ii) Nativism in the context of Indian writing in translation.

(iii) Multiple significations of Dalit “identify” with special reference to Dalit literature. 

(iv) Women writing in India: a Satyagraha (non-violent protest) against oppression. 

(v) Condition of contemporary Indian drama in translation. 

(vi) Chhayavada in literature in Hindi.

UNIT-I 

II. Discuss the following comment colled from Six Acres and a Third in the context of mimicry and satire that the writer uses to expose the impact of colonialism on a feudal rural Oriya society:" Ask a new babu his grandfather's name and he will hem and haw, but the names of the ancestors of England's Charles the Third will readily roll off his tongue. To be considered a scholar, it is necessary to have read about the English or the French; there is no point in learning about oneself or one's neighbour".

OR 

Discuss how Six Acres and a Third is marked by stock realism, grim humour and sympathy for the poor.

UNIT-II 

III. Critically examine Premchand's The Shroud (Kafan) as an attack on casteism, feudalism, and social exclusion in the light of the following textual quotation: "If she doesn't go to heaven then will those big fat people go who rob the poor with both hands and swim in the Ganges and offer holy water in the temples to wash away their, sins".

OR

Discuss how Mahasweta Devi, through Draupadi represents the heartless exploitation of the poor tribals and the agency of women to protest against all forms of oppression.

OR 

Discuss Urmil Pawan's A Childhood Tale from the perspective of a Dalit woman.

UNIT—III 

IV. Discuss Tughlaq as a historical play that foregrounds the interplay of inordinate ambition, religious fanaticism, corruption, and lack of practical realism.

OR 

Discuss the significance of "disguise" in the play Tuglaq.

UNIT-IV 

V. Discuss Remembering Saroj as a critique of the contemporary culture and society.

OR 

Critically examine how Faiz's poems prescribed for you evoke the aesthetic experience of compassion or pathos (Karaua rasa).

OR 

Critically examine how Namdeo Dhasal's poems prescribed for you foreground different facets of dalit consciousness and ask for the radical socio-cultural transformation.

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M.A English "Literary Theory II" Question Paper-1 of 4th Semester, all semesters Question Paper Download.

MA English 4th Semester
Literary Theory II
Paper: I

Time Allowed: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks: 80 

Note: - (1) Attempt all the questions.

(2) the First question carries 20 marks.

(3) All the other questions carry 15 marks each. 

1. Write short notes (not more than 200 words each) on three of the following: 

(a) Counter history 

(b) Cultural Materialism

(c) Grand Narrative 

(d) Essentialism 

(e) Discourse

(f) Orientalism.

II. Discuss the role of anecdotes in the re-writing of history. In what ways do anecdotes promise to bring the touch of the real?

OR 

How can the project of history be made more realistic and animated? Argue in the light of the essay on “Counter history and Anecdotes”.

3. How does psycho-analysis explain the process of poetic creation or inspiration?

OR 

How do the ideas of Sigmund Freud help us in our understanding of literary texts?

4. What are the basic postulates of Archetypal criticism?

OR 

Discuss with reference to Mythicarchetypal approach to literature the connection between Jung's ideas of Myth and Freud's ideas of the dream.

5. Examine the Literary ideology as discussed by Eagleton.

OR

Summarise the ideas on literature and History as presented by Terry Eagleton.

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M.A English "Literary Criticism-2" Question Paper-2 of 2nd Semester, all semesters Question Paper Download.

MA English 2nd Semester
Literary Criticism-2
Paper: 1

Time Allowed: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks: 80 

Note: - (1) Attempt all the questions.

(2) Question No. 1 carries 20 marks. The other questions carry 15 marks each. 

1. Write short notes (about 200 words) on any three of the following:

(i) Chicago Critics 

(ii) Point of view

(iii) New Historicism 

(iv) Ideology 

(v) Oedipus complex 

(vi) Hegemony.

2. Do you think New Criticism had a specific Pedagogic goal, i.e., of substituting existing historical and biographical scholarship by an exclusive concentration on literature as literature?

OR 

Write an essay on New Criticism by focusing on any two major New Critics.

III. How does Edward Said define orientalism? Do you agree with his contention?

OR 

“You don't give the subaltern voice, you work for the bloody subaltern. You work against subalternity”. What does Spivak mean by this in her essay, “Can the Subaltern Speak”?

IV. Critically examine the view that "Women's literature is the literature of the colonised, with reference to Showalter's essay on “Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness".

OR 

Showalter terms feminist criticism as “an expressive and dynamic enterprise which attempts to contest the self-proclaimed superiority of the 'male discourse'. Do you agree?

V. How does Aijaz Ahmed, in the essay “The Politics of Literary Postcoloniality' problematize the term postcoloniality?

OR 

Explain with reference to Aijaz Ahmed's essay the idea of hybridity.

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M.A English "American Literature-II" Question Paper-III of 4th Semester, all semesters Question Paper Download.

Master of Arts (English) 4th Semester
1046 
Opt. (iii) American Literature-II
Paper-III

Time Allowed: Three Hours] Maximum Marks: 80

Note: - Attempt all questions. 

Q. 1 carries 20 marks. The remaining questions carry 15 marks each.

1. Write short notes (not exceeding 200 words each) on any three of the following: 

(i) American Transcendentalism

(ii) Abolitionism 

(iii) The American Dream 

(iv) The Puritans 

(v) Stylistic experiments in drama post World War II. 

(vi) Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatre.

2. Critically assess the main concerns of Walt Whitman's poetry.

OR 

Why, in your opinion, is Whitman considered to be the best representative of the American consciousness? Illustrate your answer with quotations from his poetry.

3. Frost is considered to be a Nature poet. Would you agree? Give reasons for your answer, quoting from the text.

OR 

Attempt a critical explanation of the poem "Mending Wall".

4. Write an essay on the use of expressionistic techniques in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape.

OR 

Why do you think O'Neill used heavy symbolism in The Hairy Ape? How do they work thematically?

5. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible. What is "the crucible" and how does it relate to the main characters of the play?

OR 

Discuss the narrative structure of The Crucible, focusing on the manner in which the action is unfolded.

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M.A English "Linguistics-II" Question Paper-III of 4th Semester, all semesters Question Paper Download.

Master of Arts (English) 4th Semester
1046 
Opt. (II) Linguistics-II
Paper-III 

Time Allowed: Three Hours]     [Maximum Marks: 80

Note: - Attempt all questions. 

I. Write short notes on any four of the following: 

(a) PS Rules.

(b) Define entailment. 

(c) The development of dictionaries.

(d) Sentence cohesion in English. 

(e) Outline the difference between the traditional and the modern approach to grammar. 

(f) Global English.

II. Define Transformational Generative Grammar.

OR 

Give the IC Analysis along with a tree diagram of the following sentences:

(a) She trains teenagers for classical dance performances. 

(b) A Young lad wearing a blue shirt helped me find my lost book. 

(c) The red car is parked behind the library.

(d) Our team lost the match badly. 

(e) They finished all the tasks by eight o'clock.

III. Describe the basic sentence patterns of English.

OR

Analyze the following complex sentences: 

(a) She quickly opened her umbrella before it started to rain 

(b) When I last saw you, you lived in Washington.

(c) All she did was to turn off the tap. 

(d) If you treat them kindly, they will die for you. 

(e) He looks as if he is going to be ill.

IV. Define Semantics.

OR 

What is the semantic/lexical relation between the following pairs?

(a) shallow deep 

(b) suite sweet 

(c) single married 

(d) mature ripe 

(e) table furniture.

V. Describe the main features of General Indian English.

OR 

Write an essay on sound and spelling change in English.

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M.A English Question Paper M.A 1 and 2 Year all semsters Question Paper Download

1st Year

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 2 SHAKESPEARE .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 4 (A) ANCIENT GREEK AND LATIN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 4 (B) STUDIES IN EUROPEAN COMEDY .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 5 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 6 NINETEENTH CENTURY POETRY .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 7 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY NOVEL .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 8 (A) STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE I ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM CHAUCER TO MILTON .pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH -COURSE 3 DRAMA - THE FOURTEENTH TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.pdf

M.A - I ENGLISH - COURSE 8 (B) NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH .pdf



2nd Year

M.A - II SEM ENGLISH - PAPER - ENG 0201 SHAKESPEARE.pdf

M.A - II SEM ENGLISH - PAPER - ENG 0202 LANGUAGE & LINGUSTICS.pdf

M.A - II SEM ENGLISH - PAPER - ENG 0203 (I) LITEATURE AND GENDER .pdf

M.A - II SEM ENGLISH - PAPER - ENG 0203 (II) NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH .pdf

M.A - II SEM ENGLISH - PAPER -ENG 0203 (III) ROMANTIC POETRY .pdf

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