BDP
Assignment
December-2017 & June-2018
Elective Course
ENGLISH
(New Syllabus)
5th Paper
The Romantic Period: EEG-5
1. Answer any two of the following questions:
20 × 2 = 40
a) In what ways can Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads be considered a manifesto of the Romantic Movement? Discuss with close reference to the text.
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b) Write an essay on the Romantic Novel with special reference to Jane Austen and Walter Scott.
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c) Analyse with textual references the aspects of Romanticism that you find in the poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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d) Discuss Jane Austen’s treatment of women characters in Pride and Prejudice.
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2.
Answer any three of the following questions: 10 × 3 = 30
a) What is Romanticism? How did it find its way into the English literary scenario?
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b) Explain the relevance of the concluding portion of “Tintern Abbey” with close textual references to support your argument.
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c) Comment on the sensuousness of Keats’ poetry with reference to “Ode to a Nightingale”
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d) “Discuss how William Hazlitt expresses his romantic love of nature in “On Going a Journey”.
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e) On the basis of his letters, what are John Keats’ opinions abou t Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth ?
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f) How does De Quincey compare between the reading habits of Wordsworth and Coleridge ?
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3. Answer any four of the following: 6 × 4 = 24
a)
Bring out the Romantic features in the poetry of Thomas Gray and William
Cowper.
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b)
Analyse the importance of any two of the following in English literature:
i)
Tom Paine
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ii)
Maria Edgeworth
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iii)
Thomas Love Peacock.
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c)
Explain with reference to the context:
“And
the Angel told Tom, if he’d be a good
boy,
He’d
have God for his father, and never
want
joy.”
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d)
Bring out the significance of the following line from ‘Christabel’ Part I :
“A
sight to dream of, not to tell!”
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e)
Describe the activities of the west wind over the seas.
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f)
How does Darcy’s letter become a turning point in Pride and Prejudice?
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g)
Write an account of Mrs. Field as you find her in “Dream Children : A Reverie”.
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h)
What do you understand by the term ‘Hellenism’?
