LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2004
EL 3800/LE 923 – BRITISH LITERATURE (1670 – 1832)
Date
:16.04.04
Max : 100 marks
Duration : 9 – 12 noon
Hours : 3 hrs
PART - A
I. Answer the following briefly:
(10 x 2 = 20)
01. A present Deity they shout around:
A present Deity the vaulted roofs rebound.
02. For when the Fair in all their pride expire,
To their first elements their souls retire:
03. Full many a flowers are born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness in the desert air.
04. … That time is past,
and all its aching joys are now no more
and all its dizzy raptures.
05. Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread
Eternal sunshione settles on his head.
06. “The practice of stage representation reducess everything to a controversy of
elocution”. Expand the passage with refernce to the context.
07. “Spirits and fairies cannot be represented… they can only be believed”. Interpret
the above pasaage.
08. “See him in the dish, the second cardle, how meek he lieth”. Comment on “second
cradle” and “meek”.
09. “I have a kindly yearning towards these dim speeks- poor blots- innocent
blackness”. Explain the underlined words.
10. “Much remains to sing. Many fantastic shapes rise up but they must be mine in
private”.Explain with reference to the context.
PART - B
II.
Answer any five of the following questions in short paragraphs of almost 100-150
words each.
(5 x 8 = 40)
11. What does the story of the Little Black Boy convey to the reader?
12. The situation presented in The Castaway is about a belief present in those times. What is
it?
13. Describe the many soothing effects that the Evening has according to Collins.
14. What is the central episode of summer in “The Seasons”?
15. Write briefly on the theme of love in Pride and Prejudice.
16. Critically evaluate Dryden’s estimate of Chaucer in Preface to fables.
17. Write a short on the theme of Abuse of Reason in Gulliver’s third voyage.
18. Bring out some of the most striking aspects of Medievalism in Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe.
PART C
III.
Answer the following in about 350-400 words each.
(2 x 20 = 40)
19. a) Bring out the distinguishing features of Sheridan’s The School for Scandal.
Or
b) Describe the three stages of Wordsworth’s encounter with Nature.
20. a) She Stoops to Conquer is an anti-sentimental comedy – discuss.
Or
b) “Tintern Abbey” shows many of the characteristics of the Romantic temperament in
poetry”. Elucidate.
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