Netaji Subhas Open University B.D.P. English EEG-3 Assignment December 2016 & June 2017 Solved

Netaji Subhas Open University B.D.P. English EEG-3 Assignment December 2016 & June 2017 Solved

B.D.P 2nd Year

EEG-3

 1. Answer any two of the following : 20 × 2 = 40 

a)What do you understand by the term Restoration? Account for the reasons behind the social changes brought about by this movement.

 

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b)What picture of the contemporary English literary scene do you get from John Dryden’s Macflecknoe ?

 

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c)Formulate your understanding of Neo-Classicism from your reading of Dryden’s An Essay of Dramatic Poesy.

 

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b)Show how Congreve uses the Comedy of Manners to highlight the vices and follies of society in The Way of the World.

 

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2. Answer any three of the following : 12 × 3 = 36

 a)Examine the factors which contributed to the rise of Neo-Classicism in English literature.

 

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 b)How did the Puritan view of culture impact the English stage?

 

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 c)What do you consider to be the major theme in ‘Love Armed’? Discuss.

 

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d)Discuss Hudibras as an example of Restoration Satire.

 

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 e)Discuss the significance of the section heading ‘Vanity Fair’ in the larger context of The Pilgrim’s Progress by Bunyan.

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f)Analyse with close reference to the text, the expository function of Act 1 of Dryden’s All For Love.

 

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 3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24
 

a) Write a brief note on the literature of
documentation of the Restoration.

 

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b) How would you account for the paucity of
lyric poetry during the reign of Charles II ?
 

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c) Explain with reference to the context the
following lines :
For groves of Lawrell, thou wert never meant ;
Be dark enough thy shades, and be thou
there content.

 

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d) Bring out any two instances of parody in
Hudibras.
 

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e) From the diarist’s initial reaction to the
Great Fire, What estimate can you form of
Pepys the man and his social position ?
 

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f) “I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.”
Locate and annotate this line in its proper
context.
 

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g) Show how several continental influences
made an impact on Restoration drama.
 

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h) How would you relate the Prologue of The
Way of the World to the context of the
play ?

 

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