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B. D. P.

What are the literary traditions of the age

that you find in Robinson Crusoe ?

Term End Examination December, 2012 & June, 2013

(f)

Elective Course

sentimental comedy.

ENGLISH

( Fourth Paper : The Enlightenment )

Time : Four Hours

Discuss She Stoops to Conquer as an anti-

Full Marks : 100

( Weightage of Marks : 70% )

Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance

in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect
spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting.
The weightage for each question has been
indicated in the margin.

2.

Answer any three of the following :

(a)

12 3 = 36

Why does Pope use the sylphic machinery

in The Rape of the Lock ?

(b)

Give four examples of the use of wit and

humour in the periodical essays that you

1.

Answer any two of the following :

(a)

20 2 = 40

have read. What was the purpose of this ?

Write a note on the advancement of science

in the eighteenth century. How did this

(c)

Tom Jones.

affect literature ?
(b)

What do you understand by the term

(d)

mock-epic ? How does Dryden use the

Show

how

Pope

criticizes

eighteenth

(e)

century social life in The Rape of the Lock.

(d)

Who were the Pre-Romantic poets ? Show

with illustrations how they differed from the
neo-classical poets.

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How does Swift satirise English society in

Book I of Gullivers Travels.

mock-epic form in MacFlecknoe ?

(c)

Discuss Fielding art of characterisation in

Comment

on

Thomsons

treatment

of

nature in The Seasons.

(f)

Comment on the role of Lady Wishfort and

Mrs. Fainall in The Way of the World.

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3.

(h)

What is the Graveyard school of poetry ?

Who is Man Friday ? What is his role in

Mention any two poems that belong to this

Defoes novel Robinson Crusoe ?

school.

Answer any four of the following :

(a)

Why does Mrs. Hardcastle mistake her

husband for a highwayman ?

didactic poem ? Answer with reference to

the theme and style of the poem.

6 4 = 24

Write a note on the philosopher John

Locke.

(b)

Comment on the title of Drydens poem

MacFlecknoe.

(c)

Describe the cave of spleen in The Rape of

the Lock.

(d)

Comment on the Proviso scene in The Way

of the World.

(e)

What problems did the Lilliputians face

when Gulliver arrived in their country ?

(f)

What is a picaresque novel ?

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