Netaji Subhas Open University B.D.P. English EEG-4 Assignment December 2016 & June 2017 Solved
B.D.P 2nd Year
EEG-4
1. Answer any two of the following : 20 × 2 = 40
a)Critically comment on the major features of the Enlightenment in Europe.
b)Discuss the rise of the novel in the larger context of the socio-cultural developments of the time.
c)Comment on Pope’s use of mock-heroic elements in ‘The Rape of the Lock’.
d)To what extent does She Stoops to Conquer succeed as an anti-sentimental comedy? Substantiate with close textual references.
2. Answer any three of the following : 12 × 3 = 36
a)Examine Robinson Crusoe as a spiritual autobiography.
b)Comment on Thomson’s concern for the environment as evident in his poem ‘Spring’.
c)Critically comment on the character of Mrs. Malaprop.
d)Why does Dr. Johnson call Shakespeare a natural genius ?
e)Write an essay on Swift’s allegorical vision in Gulliver’s Travels.
f)Critically assess the prose styles of Addison and Steele as found in their essays in your syllabus.
3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24
a) Write a note on the Muse invoked by
Thomson in ‘Spring’.
b) Examine Crusoe’s reaction to footprints on
his island.
c) Define ‘Poetic Diction’ and give two
examples of the same from the poems in
your syllabus.
d) Describe Steele’s feeling at his father’s
death as expressed in ‘Recollections of
Childhood’.
Tony in Act V of She Stoops to Conquer ?
f) Give three instances of the linguistic
excesses found by Dr. Johnson in
Shakespeare’s plays.
g) Why does Gray mention ‘Hampden’ and
‘Milton’ in his ‘Elegy Written In A Country
Churchyard’ ?
h) Write a note on the ‘High Enlightenment’.
a)Critically comment on the major features of the Enlightenment in Europe.
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b)Discuss the rise of the novel in the larger context of the socio-cultural developments of the time.
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c)Comment on Pope’s use of mock-heroic elements in ‘The Rape of the Lock’.
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d)To what extent does She Stoops to Conquer succeed as an anti-sentimental comedy? Substantiate with close textual references.
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2. Answer any three of the following : 12 × 3 = 36
a)Examine Robinson Crusoe as a spiritual autobiography.
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b)Comment on Thomson’s concern for the environment as evident in his poem ‘Spring’.
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c)Critically comment on the character of Mrs. Malaprop.
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d)Why does Dr. Johnson call Shakespeare a natural genius ?
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e)Write an essay on Swift’s allegorical vision in Gulliver’s Travels.
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f)Critically assess the prose styles of Addison and Steele as found in their essays in your syllabus.
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3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24
a) Write a note on the Muse invoked by
Thomson in ‘Spring’.
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b) Examine Crusoe’s reaction to footprints on
his island.
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c) Define ‘Poetic Diction’ and give two
examples of the same from the poems in
your syllabus.
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d) Describe Steele’s feeling at his father’s
death as expressed in ‘Recollections of
Childhood’.
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e) What was the comic impact planned byTony in Act V of She Stoops to Conquer ?
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f) Give three instances of the linguistic
excesses found by Dr. Johnson in
Shakespeare’s plays.
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g) Why does Gray mention ‘Hampden’ and
‘Milton’ in his ‘Elegy Written In A Country
Churchyard’ ?
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h) Write a note on the ‘High Enlightenment’.
