BDP
Assignment
December-2018 & June-2019
Elective Course
ENGLISH
(New Syllabus)
3rd Paper
Indian Writing in English : EEG-8
UNIT - I
1. Answer any two of the following questions: 20 × 2 = 40
a) What impact did the political and historical events of the Restoration have, upon the literature of the period ?
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b) Examine the salient characteristics of MacFlecknoe as a literary satire, and provide relevant textual references.
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c) Discuss, with appropriate references to the text you have studied, how Pepys brings alive the London of his time through his diary entries.
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d) Analyse the first Act of Dryden’s All for Love to find what is revealed about the character of Antony.
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UNIT - II
2. Answer any three of the following questions: 10 × 3 = 30
a) Briefly discuss the nature of Puritanism and its effect on English culture and literature in the seventeenth century.
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b) Identify some of the literary texts that might have inspired Samuel Butler’s Hudibras and comment on how Butler modifies his sources.
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c) In the ‘Vanity Fair’ extract from John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, what reflection of the spirit of Puritanism do you notice ?
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d) Give the gist of Neander’s comments on Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, in An Essay on Dramatic Poesy.
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e) Bring out the prominent features of Restoration heroic tragedy, with special reference to the works of two relevant playwrights.
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f) How does William Congreve develop his ideas of marriage through his depiction of the Mirabell-Millamant relationship in The Way of the World ?
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UNIT - III
3. Answer any four of the following: 6 × 4 = 24
a) Write a brief note on the condition of
England as a Commonwealth under the
Cromwells.
b) What were some of the developments and
innovations that were noticeable in the
theatre of the Restoration Age ?
c) Explain, with reference to the context, any
one :
i) This Flecknoe found, who, like
Augustus, young was called to
Empire, and had governed long ;
ii) He was in LOGIC a great critic,
Profoundly skill’d in analytic ;
d) What, in your opinion, might have
influenced Aphra Behn to choose “Love
Armed” as a title for her poem ?
e) Suggest two ways by which John Bunyan
avoids monotony of style in The Pilgrim’s
Progress.
f) In his account of the Great Fire of London,
what does Samuel Pepys have to say about
the Lord Mayor ?
g) Mention some of the different kinds of
drama, besides the Comedy of Manners and
heroic tragedy, that were staged in
Restoration England.
h) What mysterious events in Egypt are being
discussed by the priests of Isis at the
beginning of Act I in John Dryden’s All for
Love ?
England as a Commonwealth under the
Cromwells.
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b) What were some of the developments and
innovations that were noticeable in the
theatre of the Restoration Age ?
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one :
i) This Flecknoe found, who, like
Augustus, young was called to
Empire, and had governed long ;
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ii) He was in LOGIC a great critic,
Profoundly skill’d in analytic ;
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influenced Aphra Behn to choose “Love
Armed” as a title for her poem ?
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e) Suggest two ways by which John Bunyan
avoids monotony of style in The Pilgrim’s
Progress.
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what does Samuel Pepys have to say about
the Lord Mayor ?
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g) Mention some of the different kinds of
drama, besides the Comedy of Manners and
heroic tragedy, that were staged in
Restoration England.
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h) What mysterious events in Egypt are being
discussed by the priests of Isis at the
beginning of Act I in John Dryden’s All for
Love ?
