B.A.ENGLISH LITERATURE-4 (2008)

B.A. ENGLISH (HON.)

LITERATURE-4

(2008)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1. Write explanatory and critical notes on :

(a) Bingley-Jane Bennet courtship.

(b) Elizabeth's attraction to Mr.Wickham.

(c) Jane first meeting with Mr.Rochester.

(d) Religious practices in Jane Eyre.

(e) And moving thro'a mirror clear

     That hangs before her all the year,

     Shadows of the world appear.

     There she sees the highway near

     Winding down to Camelot;

     There the river eddy whirls,

     And there the surly village- churls,

     And the red cloaks of market girls,

     pass onward from Shalott.

(f) She thought of Jeanie in her grave,

     Who should have been a bride;

     But who for joys brides hope to have

     Fell sick and died 

     In her gay prime,

     In earliest Winter time,

     With the first snow-fall of crisp Winter time.

Q.2. (a) "There can hardly be any doubt that we descended from barbarians." (Darwin).Elaborate.

(b) Critically examine J.S.Mill's views on the freedom of the women in his essay, The Subjection of Women.

(c) Write a note on marriages of convenience in 19th century fiction with reference to any two novels in your syllabus.

(d) The Dramatic Monologue.

Q.3. (a) Discuss Mrs.Sparsit's role in Hard Times.

(b) What hope does Charles Dickens give concerning Gradgrind?

Q.4. (a) "In Maggie Tulliver, George Eliot has portrayed a character who is too sensitive and imaginative for her environment." Do you agree? Give reasoned answer.

(b) "Maggie Tulliver and Tom are not blameless martyrs - both have selfish blindnesses and powerful but inadequate concepts of duty and renunciation."Discuss.

Thank you :)

B.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE-4 (2007)

B.A. ENGLISH HONOUR

LITERATURE-4

(2007)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1. Write short, explanatory and critical notes on :

(a) Jane's first meeting with Rochester

(b) The autobiographical strain in Jane Eyre.

(c) Education of Sissy Jupe.

(d) Old Hell Shaft.

(e) There she weaves by night and day

      A magic web with colors gay.

      She was heard a whisper say,

      A curse is on her if she stay

      To look down to Camelot.

      She knows not what the curse may be.

      And so she weaveth steadily

      And little other care hath she,

     The Lady of Shalott.

Q.2. (a) "Unnatural generally means only uncustomary."Comment on J.S.Mill's interrogation of gender relations in human societies in the light of this statement.

(b)"Mankind always takes up only such problems as it can solve." -(Marx). Comment.

(c) Discuss social realism in Victorian fiction with special reference to any one novel.

(d) The limitations of Dramatic Monologue.

Q.3. (a) "Pride and Prejudice is concerned with various aspects of love and marriage."Discuss.

(b) Discuss Wickham as a villain with reference to his manipulations of the social system.

Q.4. (a) "Maggie and Tom are not blameless martyrs - both have selfish blindnesses and powerful but inadequate concepts of duty and renunciation."Discuss.

(b) Write a note on the role of Philip Wakem in Maggie's life.

Thank you ...     :)

BA ENGLISH HONOURS (LITERATURE-4) 2006

B.A.ENG (HONS.)

ENGLISH LITERATURE-4

(2006)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1. Write explanatory and critical notes on :

(a) The Dodsons

(b) Bob Jakin 

(c) Jane's life in Gateshead Hall

(d) Jane's first meeting with Mr.Rochester

(e) Notice Neptune,though,

     Taming a sea-horse,though a rarity,

     Which Clans of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me.

(f) There she weaves by night and day

     A magic web with colours gay,

     She was heard a whisper say,

     A curse is on her if she stay

     to look down to Camelot.

Q.2. (a) "The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas."(Marx).Elaborate.

        (b) J.S.Mills views on the freedom of women in his essay The Subjection of Women are reactionary rather than revolutionary. Discuss.

        (c) Marriages in 19th century fiction create more problems than they solve.Discuss with reference to atleast two novels.

        (d) Write a short note on the representation of the women in  19th century poetry.

Q.3. (a) Is Elizabeth Bennet different from Charlotte Lucas or do they share the same attitude towards marriage? Give reasoned answer.

        (b) Discuss the title of Jane Austen's  Pride and Prejudice.

Q.4. (a) Do you agree with the view that Rachel and Stephen are too good to be true? Give reasoned 

             answer.

        (b) What do Sissy Jupe and the Circus brings to Hard Times ?

BA ENG (Hon) Literature-2005

ENGLISH LITERATURE-4

(2005)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1. Write explanatory and critical notes on :

(a) Georgiana Darcy

(b) The Bingley-Jane Bennet courtship

(c) The Old Hell Shaft

(d) The conclusion of Hard Times

(e) I cannot rest from travel:I will drink

     Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd

     Greatly,have suffer'd greatly,both with those

     That loved me, and alone;

(f) Oh Sir, She smiled,no doubt,

     When'er I passed her;but who passed without

     Much the same smile?This grew;I gave commands;

     Then all smiles stopped together.There she stands

     As  if she alive.

Q.2. (a)"The mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social,political and spiritual processes of life."(Marx).Elaborate.

        (b) Critically exmaine J.S.Mill's views of women in The Subjection of Women.

        (c) Bring out the element of realism in any one novel in your course.

        (d) Write a short note on the dramatic monologue in Victorian poetry.

Q.3. (a) Compare Rochester and St.John Rivers in their dealings with people other than Jane.

        (b) "Although small,simple and simple and supposedly plain,Jane is a truly romantic heroine."                    Do you agree? Give a reasoned answer.

Q.4. (a) Do you agree with the view that Maggie Tulliver is too sensitive and imaginative for her environment?Give reasons for your answer.

        (b) Discuss the roles that Philip and Stephen Guest play in the life of Maggie Tulliver.

BA ENGLISH LITERATURE-4 (2004)

BA ENGLISH HONOUR

ENGLISH LITERATURE-4

(2004)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1. Write short,explanatory and critical notes on :

(a) The autobiographical strain in Jane Eyre.

(b) Jane's life in Gateshead Hall

(c) The education of Sissy Jupe

(d) Stephen Blackpool

(e) "Out flew the web and floated wide;

       The mirror crack'd from side to side;"

(f) The Bronze sculpture of Neptune taming a sea-horse that

      the Duke draws attention to at the end of "My Last Duchess."

Q.2. (a) Explain what Marx means by the statement : "the ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas."?

(b) Why according to Mill, is it unlikely that 'Women will ever be collectively rebellious to the power of men' ?

(c) Write a note on the depiction of the practice of discrimination against the girl child in nineteenth century British Society in British fiction in this period.

(d) Write a note on marriages of convenience in Victorian fiction with reference to any two novels in your syllabus.

Q.3. (a) Do you think the First Impressions would have been more appropriate than Pride and Prejudice. Give a reasoned answer.

(b) Elizabeth Bennet is ultimately no different from Charlotte Lucas.After all she too marries a gentleman who will provide her material security and social prestige.Do you agree?Give reason for your answer.

Q.4. (a)"There is a sense of decadence, of lost vitalities, social and cultural, in St. Ogg's." Substantiate this statement in the world of The Mill on the Floss with reference to the protraiture of the Dodsons and the Tullivers.

(b) "Maggie and Tom are not blameless martyrs-both have selfish Blindnesses and powerful but inadequate concepts of duty and renunciation." Discuss.

BA ENGLISH LITERATURE-4 (2003)

B.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE-4

(2003)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1.  Write short notes on the following explaining with reference to their contexts :

   

   (a) The Mr Bingley-Jane Bennet courtship 

   (b) Elizabeth Bennet's rejection of Mr.Collin's marriage

   (c) The Old Hell Shaft

   (d) The conclusion of Hard Times

   (e) Mr. Tulliver 

   (f) Lucy Deane as a foil to Maggie Tulliver

Q.2. (a) "Unnatural generally means only uncustomary."Comment on John Stuart Mill's interrogation of gender relations in human societies in the light of this statement.

    

        (b) "Three ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas; i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time the ruling intellectual force." Critically examine Karl Marx's hypothesis about the correlation of intellectual power with material power in any society.

        

        (c) Discuss the factor that contributed to the popularity of the novel as a literary genre in nineteenth century England.

      

        (d) "The sentimental endings of many Victorian novels often go against the social realism in their narratives." Discuss with reference to any novel in this course.

Q.3. (a) "In Jane Eyre we find alternatives to the stereotypical rivalry of women as we see women in supportive roles with each other." Comment.

     

        (b) Compare and contrast Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason. To what extent can you justify the view that \Bertha is the other half of Jane ?

Q.4. (a) Discuss the imperialist strain in Alfred Tennyson's poetry with reference to Ulysses and The Defence of Lucknow.

        (b) Critically examine the significance of the title of Christina Rossetti's poem The Goblin Market. 

BA ENGLISH LITERATURE 4 - 2002

ENGLISH LITERATURE -4

(2002)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1. Write short notes on the following explaining with reference to the context :

         (a) Charlotte Lucas

         (b) Lydia's elopement with Wickham

         (c) Mr. Tulliver

         (d) The Red Deeps

         (e) "It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles

                And see the great Achilles,whom we know,

                Though much is taken,much abides;and though

                We are not now that strength which in old days

                Moved earth and heaven........."

         (f) Animal imagery in The Goblin Market.

Q.2. (a) "Unnatural generally means only uncustomary." Comment on Mill's interrogation of gender relations in The Subjection of Women in the light of the above statement.

Or

        (b) Discuss Darwin's theory 'the descent of man'.

Q.3.(a) Analyse Louisa Gradgrind's marriage to Bounderby an example of patriarchal and utilitarian "arrangement" in Victorian society.

Or

       (b) The perspective of the factory owner and the rising voice of the workers constitute the two extremes of the account given by Dickens of the labour movement represented in Hard Times.

Q.4. (a) "Thornfield's attic in Jane Eyre becomes a space where Jane's rationality and irrationality intersect." Discuss.

Or

        (b) "In the figure of Bertha Mason, Charlotte Bronte has represented the violence inherent in and imposed by patriarchy and imperialism." Discuss.

B.A. ENG HON. 1st year-2001

ENGLISH LITERATURE-4 (2001)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma 

Q.1. Explain the following citations with reference to their context and give your own critical comments :

(a)   (i) Lydia's elopement with Mr. Wikham

Or

        (ii) Charlotte Lucas 

(b)   (i) Mrs. Sparsit 

Or

        (ii) The Conclusion of Hard Times

(c)    (i) The Gothic elements in Jane Eyre

Or

        (ii) Bertha Mason.

Q.2.  (a) (i) "In direct contrast to German philosophy which descends from heaven to earth, here we ascend from earth to heaven." Comment on to this statement in the light of Marx's views on the social nature of consciousness as expressed in The German Ideology.

           

              (ii) Why, according to John Stuart Mill, is the social relationship between the two sexes,"wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement"? Explain.

         (b) (i) "The nineteenth century English novel,for all its formal realism, very often ends on an unreal note." Discuss.

              (ii) Comment on the use of fantasy in Victorian poetry. 

Q.3. (a) Discuss The Mill on the Floss as a novel about childhood in nineteenth century England.

Or

        (b) "Conclusions are the weak point of most authors." In the light of this remark by George Eliot,critically examine the conclusions of The Mill on the Floss.

Q.4. (a) Consider the nature of the statement made by Tennyson in "The Lady of Shalott" about the relationship between the artist and society.

Or

        (b) Comment on the significance and appropriateness of the title "Goblin Market" for Christina Rossetti's poem.

B.A. ENG (Hons.) Ist year-2000

ENGLISH-PAPER I-2000

(English Literature 4)

Prepared by: Ashoo Sharrma

Q.1. Explain the following lines with reference to their context and of your own critical comments :

(a) She turned,being then in the brightness of a lamp; and raising her hood a little,showed a quiet oval face,dark and rather delicate,irradiated by a pair of very gentle eyes,and further set off by the perfect order of her shining black hair.It was not a face in its first bloom;she was a woman five and -thirty years of age.

Or

 "How could you give me a life,and take from me all the inappreciable things that raise it from the state of conscious death ? Where are the graces of my soul ? Where are the sentiments of my heart? What have you done, O father,..... with the garden that should have bloomed once, in this great wilderness here?"

(b) "Yes,my home is pretty and I'm very fond of the river where we go fishing-but I'm often very unhappy. I should have liked to bring my books with me, but I came away in a hurry.......But I can tell you almost everything there is in my books. I've read them so many times- and that will amuse you."

Or

  "I can't believe that you have thought of me so much as I have thought of you...... Do you know when I was away. I made a picture of you as you looked that morning in the study when you said you would not forget me." .....It was a water-colour sketch,of real merit as a portrait. 

(c) Oh Sir,she smiled,no doubt,

Where'er I passed her;but who passed without 

Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;

Then all the smiles stopped together.There she stands as if she alive.

Or

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles,whom we know

Though much is taken,much abides;and though

We are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven........

Q.2. "Unnatural generally means only uncustomary."Comment on John Stuart Mill's interrogation of gender relations in human societies in the light of this statement.

Or

"The nineteenth century English Novel, for all its formal realism, very often ends on an unreal note."Discuss.

Write a short note on the dramatic monologue in Victorian poetry.

Or

"The mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social,political and spiritual processes of life."(Karl Marx).Elaborate.

Q.3. Discuss the Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Or

Discuss the limitations of the Dramatic Monologue.

Q.4. Critically comment on the extensive use of Master-employee/slave/acolyte/imagery in the depiction of the Jane Eyre-Edward Rochester relationship.

 Discuss Jane Eyre's story as one of enclosure and escape.