BDP
Assignment
December-2017 & June-2018
Elective Course
ENGLISH
(New Syllabus)
4th Paper
The Eighteenth Century : EEG-4
1. Answer any two of the following questions:
20 × 2 = 40
a) Explain the term ‘Augustan’. Why is the neo-classical age called ‘Augustan’?
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b) What were the major genres and traditions that contributed to the shaping of the novel in the eighteenth century? Illustrate your answer with reference to some major novels of the period.
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c) What is a ‘game of ombre’? What is the Cardgame a parody of? Point out the martial metaphors in Pope’s description of the game in The Rape of the Lock.
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d) Examine Goldsmith’s use of comic devices in She Stoops to Conquer.
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2.
Answer any three of the following questions: 10 × 3 = 30
a) Do you consider Robinson Crusoe a fable? Give reasons for your answer.
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b) Analyse the elegiac characteristics of Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard with special reference to the theme and style of the poem.
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c) Bring out the farcical elements in The Rivals.
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d) How does Samuel Johnson defend Shakespeare on the charge of violating the ‘three unities’?
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e) Write a critical note on Gulliver’s Travels (Book II) as a satire.
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f) Examine how Addison and Steele present the contemporary social ethos in the essays prescribed in your syllabus.
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3. Answer any four of the following: 6 × 4 = 24
a)
What is an epitaph? Whose epitaph is read out in Gray’s ‘Elegy’?
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b)
What are the features of pastoral poetry that you find in James Thomson’s spring?
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c)
Write a note on ‘Wit’ in neo-classical literature.
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d)
Comment on Mrs. Malaprop’s views on female education in The Rivals.
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e)
What purpose does the editorial preface serve in Robinson Crusoe?
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f)
Describe some of the peculiarities of Sir Roger de Coverly after Addison in Sir
Roger in Church.
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g)
Comment on the significance of the first meeting between Marlow and Miss Hardcastle.
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h)
Name two leading figures of the Enlightenment and comment on their contribution.
