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.