BDP
Assignment
December-2018 & June-2019
Elective Course
ENGLISH
( New Syllabus )
1st Paper
From the Beginnings to Chaucer : Literature and
Language in Evolution : EEG-1
SECTION - A
1. Answer any two of the following questions: 20 × 2 = 40
a) Discuss the growth of Middle English poetry with reference to at least three poets.
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b) What idea of Anglo-Saxon life, do you get from your reading of Beowulf ?
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c) Assess the nature and extent of the French influence on the English Language.
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d) Discuss the history of Bible translation in English.
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2. Answer any three of the following questions: 10 × 3 = 30
a) What are the three categories of Middle English Romance ? Discuss them briefly.
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b) How does the Wakefield Master treat the theme of marriage in the ‘Second Shepherd’s Play’ ?
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c) Can we call Beowulf an epic ? Give reasons for your answer.
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d) Discuss the effect of the Latin influence on English grammar.
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e) Write a note on the use of magic and miracle in the ‘Second Shepherd’s Play’.
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f) How was Christianity introduced to Britain ? What were its immediate effects ?
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3. Answer any two of the following questions: 5 × 2 = 10
a) Briefly write on the contributions of Aelfric
and Wulfstan.
on the English language.
Wife of Bath.
Everyman.
and Wulfstan.
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b) Briefly discuss the Scandinavian influenceon the English language.
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c) Describe the physical appearance of theWife of Bath.
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d) Write briefly on the morality playEveryman.
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SECTION - B
4. Phonemically transcribe any three of the
following words & put the stress mark after
transcription : 3 + 3
mountain, seat, afraid, poor, colour, always.
5. Choose any two vowel phonemes and any two
consonant phonemes which occur in the
following words and describe them : 1 × 4
book, lungs, cells, bicycle.
main metre and mention metrical variations, if
any : 5
a) An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered cloth upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress.
Yon solitary Highland Lass
Reaping and singing by herself
Stop here, or gently pass.
one of the following extracts : 5
a) All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players
They have their exits and their entrances.
b) Ethereal minstrel ! Pilgrim of the sky !
Dost thou despise the earth where cares
abound ?
Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye,
Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ?
following words & put the stress mark after
transcription : 3 + 3
mountain, seat, afraid, poor, colour, always.
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5. Choose any two vowel phonemes and any two
consonant phonemes which occur in the
following words and describe them : 1 × 4
book, lungs, cells, bicycle.
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6. Scan any one of the following extracts. Name themain metre and mention metrical variations, if
any : 5
a) An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered cloth upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress.
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b) Behold her single in the fieldYon solitary Highland Lass
Reaping and singing by herself
Stop here, or gently pass.
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7. Identify and explain the figure of speech in anyone of the following extracts : 5
a) All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players
They have their exits and their entrances.
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b) Ethereal minstrel ! Pilgrim of the sky !
Dost thou despise the earth where cares
abound ?
Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye,
Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ?
