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.