LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
EL 2500 - BRITISH LITERATURE
(Also equivalent to ENG501)
Date & Time : 24-04-2006/AFTERNOON Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART A
I.
Interpret the following in about 50 words each :
[10 x 2 = 20 marks]
01. And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall;
By his dead smile, I knew we stood in hell.
02. They also serve who only stand and wait
03. She cannot fade, through thou has not thy bliss,
For ever will thou love, and she be fair.
04. Only one ship is seeking us, a black Sailed unfamiliar, towing at her back
A huge and birdless silence
05. Of all the fools ever let loose on a field
Of battle, that man must be the very
maddest.
06. Ay, there goes a pair that only spoil each other
07. But it is not the lie that passeth through
The mind but the lie that Sinketh in and settleth in it,
That doth the hurt.
08. Our presence will but spoil conversation,
So we’ll retire to the next room.
09. There has not been a law – suit in the parish
Since he has lived among them.
10. He is extremely well versed in all the little
Handicrafts of an idleman.
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PART B
II.
Write paragraph answers of about 100 – 150 words on any FIVE of the
following :
[5 x 8 = 40 marks]
11. What are the sentiments that Spenser conveys in Sonnet 34 ?
12. How does the unknown citizen become the ideal man ?
13. Grays ‘Elegy’ is a song of lament. Explain.
14. Why does Addison feel that WillWimble is an odd and uncommon character ?
15. Discuss the autobiographical element in Charles Lamb’s ‘Dream Children’.
16. What are Bacon’s views on studies.
17. Discuss the reasons for the fall of Dr. Faustus.
PART C
III.
Answer any TWO of the following in about 250 words each:
[2 x 20 = 40 marks]
18. How does Shaw present the concepts of love and war in ‘Arms and the Man’ ?
19. Show how Philip Larkin maintains that man is in a constant state of expectancy.
20. Critically analyse the treatment of humour in Oliver Goldsmith’s She stoops to
Conquer.
21. Discuss Robinson Crusoe as a religious allegory.
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