LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION –ENGLISH LITERATURE
TH 25
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
EL 2500 - BRITISH LITERATURE
Date & Time: 20/04/2007 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
I Interpret the following passages in about 50 words each. ( 10 x 2 =20)
1. How slow they are! And how much time they waste,
Refusing to make haste!
2. I parried; but my hands were loath and cold,
Let us sleep now.
3. To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars…
4. The trumpet of prophecy! O wind,
5. Thou, silent form! Dost tease us of thought
6. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
7. There has not been a law-suit in the parish since he has lived among them
8. The same temper of mind, and application of affairs, might have recommended him to the public
esteem and have raised his fortune in another station of life.
9. For a lie faces God and shrinks from man
10. My life has been chiefly spent in a college or an inn, in seclusion from that lovely part of the
creation that chiefly teach men confidence.
II Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words each choosing not more than THREE
from either part.
(5 x 8 =40)
PART A
11.What prompts the mankind to think “Next please”?
12.Discuss the theme of irony in ‘The unknown citizen’.
13.Critically analyse the theme of Dr.Faustus.
14.What kind of personal manifestation do you find in Keats’ ‘ode to a Grecian urn’?
PART B
15.What are Bacon’s views on Studies?
16.Bring out the pathos in Charles Lamb’s Dream Children.
17.Give an account of Addison’s understanding of Sir Roger’s home.
18.How does Hastings trap Tony to help him in his attempt to marry Miss Neville?
III Answer the following in about 300 words each.
(2 x 20 =40)
19. Does Marlowe’s analysis of the seven deadly sins serve the purpose in the life of Dr.Faustus?
(or)
Would you look at nature and art as teachers? Give your answers from your understanding of
the poems: Ode to a Grecian Urn and Ode to the west wind.
20. Critically analyse She stoops to conquer as a story of mistaken identity.
(or)
Discuss how class consciousness influences characters in Silas marner.
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